Lady Beetles and Tortoise Beetles of the Big Thicket in East Texas

Note: The N. venusta venusta shown below are color/marking varieties primarily restricted to the Texas/Louisiana border area. In older texts referred to as N. notulata.

Note: Some of these sp. are 2mm in length. Treat these identifications with caution, since collected specimens are necessary for most I.D.'s.

Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle

Twice- stabbed Lady Beetle

Seven Spotted Lady Beetle

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Spotted Lady Beetle

Spotted Lady Beetle

Chilocorus stigma

Chilocorus stigma

Coccinella septempunctata

Coccinella septempunctata

Coleomegilla maculata

Coleomegilla maculata

Polished Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Polished Lady Beetle

Spotless Lady Beetle

Spotless Lady Beetle

Spotless Ladybird Beetle, Injured but alive.

Cycloneda munda

Cycloneda munda

Cycloneda munda

Cycloneda sanguinea

Cycloneda sanguinea

Cycloneda sanguinea

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle, a rough go of it but alive

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

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Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Harmonia axyridis

Hyperaspis binotata or H. signata

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

V-Marked Lady Beetles

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

V-Marked Lady Beetle

Hyperaspis connectens

Hyperaspis connectens

Neoharmonia venusta

Neoharmonia venusta

Neoharmonia venusta

Neoharmonia venusta

V-marked Lady Beetle

V-marked Lady Beetle, ready for take-off.

V-marked Lady Beetle w/ overload on black

Ladybug feeding on Leaf Beetle Eggs

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Neoharmonia venusta

Neoharmonia venusta

Neoharmonia venusta

Neoharmonia venusta

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

T-marked Lady Beetle

T-marked Lady Beetle

Orange Spotted Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Brachiacantha decempustulata or testudo

Brachiacantha decempustulata or testudo

Brachiacantha tau

Brachiacantha tau

Brachiacantha sp.

Brachiacantha sp.

tbd

Dusky Lady Beetle

Scymnus sp. Lady Beetle

Scymnus sp. Lady Beetle

Scymnus sp. Lady Beetle

Scymnus sp. Lady Beetle

Brachiacantha sp.

Scymnus lousianae

Scymnus sp.

Scymnus sp.

Scymnus sp.

Scymnus sp.

Kidney Spotted Lady Beetle

Kidney-spottted Lady Beetle

Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle

Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle

Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle

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Psyllobora renifer

Psyllobora renifer

Psyllobora vigintimaculata

Psyllobora vigintimaculata

Psyllobora vigintimaculata

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

V-Marked Lady Beetles

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle and Leaf Beetle size comparison

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

Neoharmonia venusta venusta Lady Beetle

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Golden Tortoise Beetle

Golden Tortoise Beetle

Golden Tortoise Beetle

Tortoise Beetle Mating

Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella sexpunctata

Charidotella sexpunctata

Charidotella sexpunctata

Charidotella sexpunctata

Charidotella sp.

Charidotella sp.

Mottled Tortoise Beetle

Mottled Tortoise Beetle

Tortoise Beetle Larvae

Tortoise Beetle Larvae

Tortoise Beetle Larvae

Tortoise Beetle Pupa

Deloyala guttata

Deloyala guttata

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Tortoise Beetle Larvae

Tortoise Beetle Larvae

Tortoise Beetle Larvae

Clavate Tortoise Beetle

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Tribe Cassidini

Plagiometriona clavata

Basswood Leaf Miner

Orange-shouldered Leaf Miner

Hispine Beetle

Hispine Beetle

Hispine Beetle

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Baliosus nervosus

Odontota scapularis

Sumitrosis ancoroides

Anisostena gracilis

Baliosus sp.

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Family Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles)

Subfamily Scymninae

Fungus-Eating Lady Beetles (Psyllobora sp.)

Lady Beetles (Neoharmonia venusta venusta)

Tortoise Beetles (Tribe Cassidini)

Hispine Beetles (Tribe Chalepini)

LADY BEETLES & TORTOISE BEETLES of the Big Thicket in East Texas
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Lady Beetle

Lady Beetle

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Exochomus sp.

Exochomus sp.

Exochomus sp.

Exochomus sp.

Subfamily Chilocorinae

Note: These photos could be either Exochomus childreni or E. marginipennis.

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