Bug FAQTwice-stained miniature
Didion punctatum · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Also called: Twice-stained Lady Beetle
Adults are about 1.5-1.8 mm long. They have a dark body with a pale pronotal angle and a reddish-orange spot on each elytron. They occur across North America from Quebec down to Alabama and west to British Columbia and California.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The body is black or dark brown, while the pronotal angle is a lighter color. Each elytron bears a reddish-orange spot.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults measure roughly 1.45-1.80 mm in length.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North America, recorded from Quebec to Alabama and west to British Columbia and California.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 17 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Kansas, Alaska, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, New York.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
What colors help identify this bug?
It has a dark body with a pale pronotal angle and a reddish-orange spot on each elytron.
Source: Wikipedia
Where is this species found?
It lives across North America from eastern Canada down to the southern United States and west to the Pacific coast.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scymnus_punctatum
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