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Lady Beetle

Propylea dissecta

Habitat:

probably lives on the gulmohar tree.

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17 Comments

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

And LOL! The Evolutionary significance of promiscuity in a bug! Deserves a mention.

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Oh the University of Lucknow! I reached that link too. When I was looking yesterday, I found a similar bug which was aphidophagous, but I never thought about searching in that direction. Now it amuses me how it turned out to be one.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

what really amuses me is though that they did a study on "Evolutionary significance of promiscuity in an aphidophagous ladybird, Propylea dissecta (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)."

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Great! You found it. :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

yup Harsha. It was a little confusing because the spots are not as orange as they should be and look more white.
Happy to have it Id'd.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

thanks Harsha. I will update it !

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Propylea dissecta from your link. And it is found in India.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

the closest I came to is Propylea japonica (Thunberg). Could be a variation of this too.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

i came across this amazing page in my quest to ID this beetle.
http://www.angelfire.com/bug2/j_poorani/...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Thank you so much for your valuable feedback. thanks for taking the time to look at it!

BugEric
BugEric 11 years ago

I'm sorry, Hemma, I'm not good with much of anything outside of North America. Definitely a lady beetle. Remember they are highly variable, so it could be something familiar with an unfamiliar color pattern.

andrews1
andrews1 11 years ago

This looks like a lady bug to me.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

added another pic.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Thanks Harsha.

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Hi Hemma. This one is unique. I couldn't find a link as yet. I will keep looking and come back if I find one.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Tahnks Forest. I looked at so many images!!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Hemma, I'm not sure of the species at this time. I haven't had any luck yet with researching. I'll come back to it when I have more time.

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Триссур, Kerala, India

Spotted on Jan 9, 2013
Submitted on Jan 9, 2013

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