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Hippodamia convergens
Convergent Lady Beetle
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0809 2118 (2009-08-28)Copyright © 2009 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Jul 31, 2009
location
Genesee Mountain Park. Near Genesee. (Jefferson County, Colorado, US)family
Coccinellidae
order
Coleoptera
class Insecta
notes Near-record spring and summer moisture in the Colorado Front Range produced unusually dense early vegetation, which fueled a boom in the aphid population. The abundance of aphids, in turn, led to a boom in Lady Beetles. Some areas were so heavily infested with Beetles in a mating frenzy that rocks, bushes and trees looked like they had been painted redcamera Canon 40D, 180 mm macro, f/13, 1/160 sec.
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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Convergent Lady Beetle (photographer)
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