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Two-spotted ladybug beetle

Adalia bipunctata

Photo by mylyoung
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, black, 2 red spots. Landed on me in the afternoon.

Evidently, the usual phenotype is red with two black spots. This is a less common variant.

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Adalia bipunctata

Species ID Suggestions

Two spotted ladybug

Adalia bipunctata
pureaura472
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Comments (5)
mylyoung
Yeah, yours are slightly different; they clearly have more than the two spots this guy had.
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
gosh, finally! THANK YOU! now I can ID mine - or :( no those aren´t A. bipunctata http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6665988 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6674669
mylyoung
I knew someone on here would know it! Thanks.
pureaura472
Amazing pic :D I wish I had them where I'm from :/
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PublishedApril 21, 2011

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