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No hard feelings Mark. This comment was never meant to be a political drive of any sort though. The fact that you considered it so was a surprise to me.
suzmonk Thanks for your kind comments. I do have to wear a bell when I walk around my yard in late spring and sometimes in summer. They are generally shy animals but lovely to have around form time to time. You will find some other comments if you visit my Flickr set. They are probably controlled by the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife. About 600 of them were culled last winter I believe. Sad but perhaps neccesary?
bayucca, Awesome, Thanks. Eleven; undecimpuctata it is
Thank You bayucca for the welcome note and for moving it to the Arthropod category.
Please note that the species is not consistent with septmpunctata. for there are two major differences the count is not 7 points and the color is brownish yellow. I even have doubts about the genus being Coccinella perhaps a Psyllobora ?
