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Ashy Gray Lady Beetle

Olla v-nigrum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 397, February 380, March 432, April 869, May 502, June 244, July 293, August 227, September 559, October 698, November 373, December 361.
United States8,081
Texas5,858
California1,245
Mexico1,088
Arizona659
Hawaii652
Brazil487
Argentina282
Nuevo Leon266
Oklahoma243

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
GenusOlla

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