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14 Spot Ladybird

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Description:

about 3mm, some type of ladybeetle, the back of it looks like a smiling face

Habitat:

urban garden

Notes:

I spotted this at Oak Hall. I brought it home to photograph and try to get an ID. The last 3 photos were on my arm. I put in the photo with it beside my watch for scale.

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14 Spot Ladybird
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata Propylea quatuordecimpunctata


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8 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Yes, very much. Some say it looks like an anchor as well, which I can see but my first thought was smiling face.

AngeleBaer
AngeleBaer 12 years ago

looks like a smile!!!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks Casey for the ID and Ashish for confirmation. Thanks Carolina and Yulia for the interesting comparisons.

yulia8473
yulia8473 12 years ago

looks like a taxi

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes its Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylea_qu...

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

It looks like a pumpkin.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Yeah, I didn't notice either until I started to photograph it.

CaseyRobinson
CaseyRobinson 12 years ago

Wow that one has really cool markings, I didn't notice that before.

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jul 28, 2011
Submitted on Jul 28, 2011

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