Bug FAQEpilachna Lady Beetles
Epilachna clandestina · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Adults are about 7 to 9 mm long. They are brown to yellow-brown with a yellow pronotum marked by four dark spots and dark-bordered yellow elytra. This species occurs in Brazil.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The beetles are brown to yellow-brown overall. Their pronotum is yellow with four dark spots, and the elytra are dark-bordered with yellow.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults measure roughly 6.7 to 9 mm in length.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Epilachna clandestina is found in Brazil.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 40 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilachna_clandestina
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