Bug FAQSmall-spotted Fairy Lady Beetle
Psyllobora parvinotata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Also called: Small-spotted Psyllobora
Adults are only about 2.8 to 3.4 mm long. They live in the southeastern United States, from Florida west to Louisiana. The beetle’s pronotum usually lacks spots or has very pale ones, and its elytral spots are also paler than those of similar species.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The pronotum often has no spots or only very pale spots. The spots on the elytra are paler than those of the similar Psyllobora vigintimaculata.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults measure roughly 2.75 to 3.40 mm in length.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is recorded across North America, specifically from Florida to Louisiana.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 6 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyllobora_parvinotata
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