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Pink Spotted Ladybeetle

Coleomegilla maculata

Description:

Also known as the Twelve-spotted Ladybeetle and the Spotted Ladybeetle, Coleomegilla maculata, is quite a pink ladybeetle and lacks the circular shape of most ladybeetles. One of their primary food sources is pollen.

Habitat:

There must have been hundreds on dandelions!

Notes:

Lifer! Photos one and two are most likely different individuals.

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7 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you so much, Adarsha!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Very nice spotting Jak....:)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you very much injica and Noel! The heart spot was the first thing I noticed, too! :-)

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Cool!

injica
injica 10 years ago

heart- spot :)))

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you very much Mona!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Lovely...

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

Greenville, New York, USA

Spotted on May 4, 2013
Submitted on May 7, 2013

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