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Olla v-nigrum
This nymph is about 3/8" long
Tropical dry forest of NW Costa Rica 4.5 months into the 6 month dry season
Spotted on Apr 11, 2012
Submitted on Apr 11, 2012
3 Comments
It probably is Olla v-nigrum, then. Here is a good photo of an Ashy-gray larva, yours looks just like it! http://bugguide.net/node/view/412037/bgi...
Abigail, you have seen all my lady beetle spottings for the last six months. I have seen a couple of "red" lady beetles but the majority are the Ash-gray.
It is in subfamily Coccinellinae, tribe Coccinellini. I am not an expert on Central American larvae, so I'm not sure of the genus or species.