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Harmonia axyridis
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
(shown with Helianthus sp.)
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Photographer: Larry Jon Friesen
ID: 0000 0000 0804 0137 (2004-08-11)Copyright © 2004 Dr. Larry Jon Friesen
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Aug 9, 2004
location
Mission Canyon. Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County, California, US)family
Coccinellidae
order
Coleoptera
class Insecta
habitat Oak woodlandnotes This is one of a wide variety of distinctly different color morphs of the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle. This beetle was introduced by the USDA in 1979 and 1980 in Louisianna and Mississippi to control tree aphids.camera Canon 10D ISO 200 Canon 100mm macro lens
contributor's ID # 20040809-0026 photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
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Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
| 1. | Reviewed by Joyce Gross Nov 18, 2004 |
| Action: changed name from "Olla v-nigrum" to "Harmonia axyridis
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| Reviewer's comments: | | | | "Based on the markings, this looks like the exotic Harmonia axyridis. Specific comments from Natalia Vandenberg (Coccinellidae expert, USDA):
The Olla v-nigrum spotted morph has a grey or beige ground color, never the pumpkin color shown in the photo in question (Olla may look yellow or brown, but only in dead specimens). Also the total spot pattern in Olla is 4-3-1; in H. axyridis it is 2.5-3-3-1. So even though you may have some spots missing, if you see four rows, it can't be Olla. H. axyridis has a rumpled area near the elytra.
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