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Pink Spotted Ladybeetle

Coleomegilla maculata

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

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.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Jacob Gorneau
Thank you very much injica and Noel! The heart spot was the first thing I noticed, too! :-)

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