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Prolongate Lady Beetle
Coccinella prolongata
Coccinella prolongata, the prolongate lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.7-7 mm and have a black head with two pale spots. The pronotum has a large anterolateral pale spot, as well as a ventral and dorsal spot. The elytron has two black spots and a scutellar spot.
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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 320478.