Convergent lady beetle

Convergent lady beetle

Taxobox
name = Convergent lady beetle


image_caption = Yosemite National Park
image_width = 166px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Coccinellidae
genus = "Hippodamia"
species = "H. convergens"
binomial = "Hippodamia convergens"
binomial_authority = Guérin-Méneville, 1842The convergent lady beetle, "Hippodamia convergens", is one of the most common lady beetles in North America and is found throughout the continent.

External links

* http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/predators/hippodamia.html
* http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/convergent_ladybug_beetle.htm


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