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22-spot ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Photo by arlanda
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Description:

Small ladybird, 3-4.5 mm, with 22 spots. It does not it aphids like other ladybirds but fungi, e.g., mildew.

Habitat:

I found it on blackberry bush, close to the coast, north of Spain

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Comments (2)
arlanda
very asymmetrical indeed. I have no experience with this kind of ladybirds. I guess it is not so uncommon!
ceherzog
How odd and the spots are asymmetrical.

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2011

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