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black ladybug with two orange spots
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Posted by the_alpha_wolf_rules (My Page) on Mon, Mar 6, 06 at 20:14
There were three in one tree, all curled up like that. I looked but can't find the species.
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RE: black ladybug with two orange spots
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| Alpha, I can't see your image, the URL is extremely long with special characters in it, it looks encrypted! There are several possibilities for this "inverse" type ladybug, I see them every year, but not as often as the red ones. Try Twice-stabbed lady beetle
(note the white dots are reflections, not part of the beetle) or what's that bug and There are also melanic versions of ladybugs we commonly recognize. |
RE: black ladybug with two orange spots
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YEP! that's it!
If you were curious about the pic, here it is.
A melanistic version wouldn't really make sense since there were three of them.... unless some sympatric speciation is going on and the melanistic ones stick with each other... |
RE: black ladybug with two orange spots
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| Right. And tonight I'm using a newer browser, pix show up fine, thanks for reposting, though. It is the twice-stabbed; the beetle pictured in the "what's that bug" link was another species with white on the thorax. |
RE: black ladybug with two orange spots
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| Oh no it wasn't your browser. when I first came here (and heck, even right now) there were red Xs. MSN is having some issues. |
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