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Asian ladybeetle
Harmonia axyridis
40.7799, -73.9693
Field Notes
Description:
The multicolored Asian lady beetle looks very similar to other lady beetles but is generally larger, about 1/3-inch long.
This beetle typically has 19 black spots which can vary in appearance from well-defined to no more than faint traces on its wing covers, this specimens seems to have almost 16in with a black 'M'-shaped marking behind its head.
Habitat:
Spotted at Central Park - New York.
It is native to eastern Asia, but has been artificially introduced to North America and Europe to control aphids and scale insects.
Notes:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 25, 2020
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