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Painted Lady Beetle
Mulsantina picta
Mulsantina picta (the painted lady beetle or pine lady beetle) is a species of ladybug belonging to the subfamily Coccinellinae.
From the article Mulsantina picta on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Mulsantina picta is a small ladybug, typically 3.3–5.3 millimetres (0.13–0.21 in) long, and 2.2–4.0 millimetres (0.087–0.157 in) wide. The elytral markings are quite variable, and sometimes absent. The pronotal markings are more constant and recognizable.
Range & habitat
Mulsantina picta is widespread across the United States and southern Canada. It is especially associated with pine forests, and is an aphid and adelgid predator. This makes M. picta a rather dominant species in older pine trees habitats (since they are a conifer specialist), which are known to have low aphid densities.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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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 225295.