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Painted Lady Beetle

Mulsantina picta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 34, February 31, March 48, April 77, May 98, June 76, July 60, August 54, September 47, October 38, November 30, December 31.
United States2,460
Canada1,249
British Columbia593
Washington554
California402
Ontario300
Oregon225
Michigan196
Alberta157
Colorado143

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusMulsantina

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