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Bolter's Lady Beetle

Hyperaspis bolteri

Scymninae

Hyperaspis

bolteri

This species was named in honor of the 19th-century insect collector Andreas Bolter, who assembled one of the largest private collections of beetles in the world.

Size: 3 - 3.25 mm

Food: Probably aphids and scale insects

Habitat: Poorly known

Range: Midwestern U.S. south to Missouri

Similar species: Unique in North America