Ladybug – Black with 2 yellow eye spots
Location: (Southern CA) Newhall California 91321
August 17, 2010 12:42 am
Hey There Bugman
I have a background in Entomology but I cant identify this ladybug. Can you help? I have never found one quite like this. It definately has that ”Mimic” sort of eye spots going for it check it out. Found Summer 2010 on Blackberry
Chris Irons
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Hi Chris,
Sadly, some of the important characteristics, like the markings on the thorax, are missing from your photos because of the camera angle and the leaf in the foreground, but we believe we have found a close match with a photo of a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis, that is posted on BugGuide. The BugGuide information page for the species does indicate a C Spot pattern, but your pattern is reversed from the one illustrated.
Lady Beetle
Correction: November 23, 2010
We just received the following comment correcting our previous identification: “This is Olla v-nigrum. Harmonia has more wide white parts on thorax and, as mentioned above, reversed C-shaped spot.”
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¶ Posted 17 August 2010 § ‡ ° what ??
Location: Cuba
August 4, 2010 12:25 pm
Saw this in Cuba, only an inch or so long, I didnt touch it, I just left it to wander off.
Can you tell me what it is Please.
Thanks
Jan
Mystery Larva from Cuba
Hi Jan,
When we first looked at the thumbnail attached to your email, we thought this must be a Stinging Slug Caterpillar in the family Limacodidae, but once we enlarged it and saw the size of the legs, we changed our mind. We believe this is a beetle larva, perhaps on of the Lady Beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are many examples posted to BugGuide.
¶ Posted 05 August 2010 § ‡ ° Wooley Booleys
Jul 16, 2010
Hi,
I spotted these in a marsh in Colorado & photographed them. They were on red willow, which was infested with aphids. They suck an aphid dry, then move on to the next aphid. I could not find any ID for these guys.
Thanks for considering my ID request!
Michelle
Dusky Lady Beetle Larvae eat Aphids
Hi Michelle,
At first we believed these might be the larvae of a Lady Beetle known as the Mealy Bug Destroyer, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, a species introduced from Australia in 1891 to control Mealy Bugs on citrus in California according to BugGuide. We now believe they are probably a related species because they are not feeding on Mealy Bugs and also because they are further north than the range indicated on Bugguide. There are other species in the tribe Scymnini, the Dusky Lady Beetles, with similar looking larvae, including those in the genus Scymnus. The larva of a Scymnus species is pictured on BugGuide. The white projections are actually waxy outgrowths.
Hey, thanks! Cool! Do you want to use my photos for that section? If so, you are welcome to.
Strange looking beetles
May 29, 2010
These bugs were on the playset in my backyard. I live in Minnesota, have all my life, and have never seen anything like these before! I’m wondering what they are, and if they’re harmful in any way? The definitely look exotic! The first one is a little bigger than a ladybug, and the second is about the size of 3 ladybugs.
Mandy
Woodbury MN
15 Spotted Lady Beetle Larva
Spiky, Spotted Snail thing??
May 30, 2010
My friend found this bug/snail/worm thing on her playset in her backyard. It looked so unique we asked many many people if they knew what it was. No one has been able to give an answer. What is this and is it harmful, useful, or just a bug?
Appeldoorn
Woodbury, MN
15 Spotted Lady Beetle Pupa
Dear Mandy and Appledoorn,
Since you both wrote to us with the same image, we are combining your letters into one posting. The photos represent the larva and pupa of a Lady Beetle, but we need to do some research to try to identify the exact species. We quickly matched the pupa to that of the 15 Spotted Lady Beetle based on a photo posted to BugGuide.
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¶ Posted 30 May 2010 § ‡ ° Could you please identify this insect for me?
May 21, 2010
Hi, I took this photo in the Big Cypress area of the Florida Everglades. It was feeding on a ladybug. I was hoping that maybe you could identify this insect as I am not having any luck! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Alan Hochman
Big Cypress area of the Florida Everglades
Milkweed Assassin Bug eats Ladybug
Dear Alan,
This predator is an Assassin Bug, probably in the genus Zelus, but we don’t know the species. BugGuide indicates between 7 and 12 species in the genus Zelus in North America. Your individual resembles the Milkweed Assassin Bug, Zelus logipes, but the photos of that species on BugGuide do not have the striped legs and antennae that are so distinctive in your photo.
Karl finds a match
Hi Daniel. I did a quick search and couldn’t find any other species that matches this pattern. The Bugguide has many pictures of Zelus longipes and a few of them do have the striped legs and antennae. The link below has a photo of a specimen from the Everglades that looks pretty much identical (slightly different pattern on the head and thorax). It is identified as Z. longipes but there is also an interesting exchange of comments about whether it is a color variant or a separate species. K
http://bugguide.net/node/view/93032/bgimage
Eric Eaton cites same link
Daniel:
It *is* a milkweed assassin bug, Zelus longipes, though you are not alone in being confused. Check out this image and thread:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/93032/bgimage
I would not have known either, my friend.
Eric
Midwest beetle??
March 14, 2010
Can you identify this? I live near Chicago. I’m noticing these in the winter season, near one of our windows, but inside. There must be 50 of them lying on the window paine or carpet. They seem to dead, some w/ their “wings” sprouted and others as you see in the pic. I’d like to know how I can prevent these from being in my house.
Thanks in advance
Vik
Midwest – Chicago suburbs
Multicolored Asian Ladybird Beetles
Hi Vik,
Now that you know that these are Multicolored Asian Ladybird Beetles, and introduced species that often seeks shelter indoors to hibernate, you should be able to locate copious information online.
Multicolored Asian Ladybird Beetle
Ed. Note: The original letter sent by Naaman was for the identification of the African Painted Bugs, and this pair of mating Convergent Lady Beetles was also in the photo.
February 13, 2010
Thanks! here are two more pictures of the ladybugs. maybe these help to identify them better?
Naaman
Los Angeles, CA
Mating Convergent Lady Beetles
Thanks Naaman,
Your mating Lady Beetles are the native Convergent Lady Beetle, Hippodamia convergens. You may compare your photos to images posted on BugGuide.
Mating Convergent Lady Beetles
¶ Posted 13 February 2010 § ‡ ° Tagged: bug love small black bugs with orange spots
February 13, 2010
there were hundreds of these little bugs crawling on some plants with a few dozen ladybugs mixed in, and they were about the same size. i was hiking in some hills in the los angeles area and it was yesterday, feb 12th
naaman
los angeles, ca
Painted Bugs mating
Dear naaman,
We first reported on the Painted Bugs from Africa feeding on our own Collard Greens and Kale in Mount Washington, Los Angeles in July 2009. We believe this fecund species has the potential to become a serious pest on cruciferous plants in the cabbage family. BugGuide also recognizes that potential. UC Riverside Center for Invasive Species website also recognizes the threat. It is interesting that in our garden as well as in your photographs, every adult seemed to have been caught in flagrante delicto, a good indication that there will soon be a new generation with even more individuals. From the angle of your photograph, it is difficult to ascertain the identity of the mating Lady Beetles.
Painted Bugs and Convergent Lady Beetles Mating
Ed. Note: Additional images revealed these to be a pair of Convergent Lady Beetles, Hippodamia convergens, a native species.
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