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Ladybird

family - Coccinellidae

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

black with yellow spots, looks like a type of lady beetle

Habitat:

mountains, 2000m

Notes:

I spotted this doing an epic 14km loop visiting underground tombs in National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro.

Species ID Suggestions

Ladybird

Coccinellidae sp.
thaptor
1

Comments (4)
thaptor
head seems to be white - does not occur in Leaf beetles, if not all-pale-ones. Closer ID - not my job. Am reminded of Hyperaspis, but if this genus lives in S-Am.?
Dan Doucette
It does Technopony, it could be some type of tropical lady beetle.

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PublishedSeptember 21, 2013

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