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Cycloneda polita
Spotless ladybug. In the second pic you can see me taking the photo in the shining elytra.
Oak forest.
Thank you Francis for your help ID these ladybugs. I'll change it for the correct one.
LuisStevens, take a look at this...
No-spotted Ladybugs
Cycloneda polita, and Cycloneda sanguinea are ladybugs with no spots!
The only way to tell them apart is to look at the white markings on their pronota (remember, the shield like covering between head and wings). If the white markings do not form fully enclosed circles then it is C. polita; if they do form fully enclosed circles then it is C. sanguinea.
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