Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Life Cycle
4 - Freshest eggs on Zelkova trunk
Eggs contain the same toxin that gives adults a bad taste to most predators. 7 - Eggs on Bur Oak twig
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5 - Older eggs on Zelkova trunk
8 - Newly hatched larvae with empty eggs
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6 - Oldest eggs on Zelkova trunk
Larvae emerge from eggs in 3 to 7 days. 9 - Newly hatched larva
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25 - Adult on spirea leaf
Newly emerged adult hanging from pupal exoskeleton to dry its pair of diaphanous flight wings. |
26 - Adult on spirea leaf
Adult beside pupal exoskeleton drying its pair of hard wings (elytra), modified to serve as covers for its flight wings. |
27 - Adult Lady Beetle
As the elytra dry the typical colors and spot patterns appear on the adult. |