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Orange-spotted Lady Beetle
Brachiacantha felina
Brachiacantha felina is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts to North Carolina, west to Iowa and Louisiana.
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.20–3 mm. The pronotum of the males is black with a yellow anterior margin and anterolateral angle, while the pronotum of the females is black with a yellow anterolateral angle and sometimes a yellow anterior border. The elytron is black with five yellow spots.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 215333.