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Bug of the Month January 2014: Ladybird Beetle Metamorphosis on Barbados
Ed. Note: Happy New Year What’s That Bug? has been appearing as an online column since 1998 (originally on the now defunct American Homebody website) and then as a unique website since 2002. If we...
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Lady Beetle Larvae from Portugal
Subject: Lady Bird Nymphs* from Portugal Location: Guimarães, Portugal January 26, 2014 4:12 pm Hi Daniel! Haven’t had much internet for a few weeks due to travel (back in Germany currently) so had...
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Cream Streaked Lady Beetle from Portugal
Ed. Note: This posting was created from a followup correspondence from Curious Girl who submitted some photos of Lady Beetle Larvae for identification. The addition of images of a different species...
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Permission to use WTB? photo as source material for a drawing
Subject: larva photo drawing January 31, 2014 6:12 pm I need to know if you allow me to do a color pencil drawing of your photo of the yellow and black ladybird larva. Im an art student at Berkekey...
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Lady Beetles from Portugal
Ed. Note: February 3, 2013 This posting originally began as an addition to a Lady Beetle Larvae posting, but things got a bit complicated due to incorrect identifications, so we have retroactively...
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Ladybird Beetle from London
Subject: 11-spot ladybird (Coccinella 11-punctata)? Location: London February 3, 2014 4:40 am Hey Daniel, Since I’ve been sending in Lady Beetle pics I thought I’d add this one too of one from London...
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Ladybird Beetle from Malay
Subject: Motag Living Museum Location: Malay Aklan Rice fields February 13, 2014 8:53 pm Hi I have now managed to get a fairly decent photo of the bug in question it is a little smaller that n a lday...
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Fungus Eating Ladybird Beetle Larva
Subject: caterpillar or bug? Location: auckland- new zealand March 9, 2014 6:57 pm Hi There! Just found a huge hoard of these new bugs on our zucchini plant leaves- only the leaves in the shade but...
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Why is the Ladybird Beetle walking in circles???
Subject: Strange Ladybug behavior (keeps walking in circles) Location: Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico March 11, 2014 4:45 pm Hi Bugman, A week ago from now, I found a ladybug in our backyard that...
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Mealybug Destroyer
Subject: Bloodsucker Location: Texas March 18, 2014 2:29 pm What type of bug/mite is this? It was feeding on my boyfriend. Signature: Soni Mealybug Destroyer Dear Soni, Please provide some...
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Ashy Gray Lady Beetle: Black Variation
Subject: a couple of strange bugs Location: southern nevada April 6, 2014 11:48 pm okay bug number 1 we found playing wit the cat, we’re assuming it’s some kind of lady bug but we’re just curious. bug...
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Seven Spotted Lady Beetle Larva and Pupa
Subject: Potato Beetle? Location: Austin, TX April 8, 2014 9:46 pm Hello, These bugs have shown up in the last few days. We have had some heavy rains, and today was the first day of sunshine, so this...
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Lady Beetle Pupa
Subject: Ask What’s This Bug? Location: Lake Balboa in Van Nuys, in the San Fernando Valley part of Los Angeles, California April 14, 2014 8:40 am Hi, my friends and I were at Lake Balboa in Van Nuys,...
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Pupa of a Lady Beetle
Subject: orange bug from basswood Location: Natick, MA June 25, 2014 2:30 pm any idea what this is? It was on an American Basswood (Tilia americana) tree leef. The chewing damage might be from it, or...
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Aphids and Lady Beetle on Milkweed
Subject: yellow worm/ larvae/ milkweed plants Location: traprockridge Plainville CT August 7, 2014 12:54 am Here is an aadditional photo to add to my original question of what are the yellow larvae...
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Lady Beetle from Argentina
Subject: Colorful beetle Location: Chubut Province, Argentina December 19, 2014 8:51 pm While traveling in Patagonia near the Valdes Peninsula we saw this truly beautiful bug. The picture was taken in...
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Possibly Lunate Ladybird Beetle from South Africa
Subject: Interesting ladybug from Johannesburg Location: Northern Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa January 29, 2015 5:24 am Hello, I head the Eco-Schools initiative from HeronBridge College in...
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Pupae of Lady Beetles
Subject: What is this bug??? Location: Napa, Ca April 8, 2016 5:43 pm What is this bug? Signature: Emily Pupae of Lady Beetles Dear Emily, These are the pupae of Lady Beetles or Ladybugs. The post...
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Lady Beetle Larva
Subject: Garden Bug ID Location: DFW Texas April 26, 2016 6:50 pm Is this bug eating my garden Signature: Thanks – Mark Lady Beetle Larva Dear Mark, This Lady Beetle Larva or Ladybug Larva is not...
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Convergent Lady Beetle Larva
Subject: Six -legged gray bug with orangey spots Location: Piedmont/upstate area of South Carolina – in my yard May 25, 2016 5:59 pm Dear Bugman, I am trying to learn the different garden variety bugs...
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