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Cycloneda sanguinea
Lauren .this is the color they change too.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/354...
I would have loved to see it turn that red!!
These two lady bugs were found on the same plant. Maybe this one is their baby!!
Since this is spotless , I don't feel like I missed out on the spot formation. Next time I will stay a little longer. Though if you look at pic 3 the lady bug is becoming more orange.
It is neat that the elytral spots develop gradually, I hadn't thought about that before. It would be neat to have another picture of the same beetle 2 hours later :)
Lauren according to the link I shared,
"Note that the flight wings are yellow in the teneral adult instead of grey and they are stretched out so that they can expand fully and dry properly. The pronotal markings and body shape identify this as a member of the genus Coccinella. When the adult first leaves the pupa the dark pigment of the pronotum is already present, but the elytral spots develop gradually."
thanks Lauren, It was filled with Aphids,yellow and black. Tons of exoskeletons of Aphids too!
This is a new phenomenon for me. Maybe Cindy can answer that. i will have to research it a little.
This is beautiful Jemma! I wonder if the wings stay that color! It has lots of food waiting there for it to eat!
Thank you my friend :) So glad I'm able to help. The link you had definitely matches the color and wing position. Your great series allowed me to see that it was a different species. Thank YOU for taking different angles!
Thank you so much Cindy. Otherwise I would have mistook it for this.
http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdeta...
Hi Emma, thank you for showing me your awesome spotting! The last image shows the pronotum enough to make me think this is the Spotless Ladybird Beetle. I'll provide a link in a sec...
Spotted on Aug 16, 2013
Submitted on Aug 16, 2013
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