Five Spotted Lady Beetle

San Diego County, California, US I first thought this might be Nine-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella novemnotata) due to information at BugGuide. But I'm having some second thoughts. Both photos are of the same beetle, but from different angles it appears quite different. http://bugguide.net/node/view/299109 I mainly don't think that the dark line running down the center of the elytra is dark enough and the overall coloration is a bold enough red.

San Diego County, California, US I first thought this might be Nine-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella novemnotata) due to information at BugGuide. But I'm having some second thoughts. Both photos are of the same beetle, but from different angles it appears quite different. http://bugguide.net/node/view/299109 I mainly don't think that the dark line running down the center of the elytra is dark enough and the overall coloration is a bold enough red.

I think. . .

I think. . .

Spotless Nine-spotted?

Found on Ocean Beach in San Francisco

Found on Ocean Beach in San Francisco

On Seabeach Sandwort (Honkenya peploides). These LBs were present each year in that section of the dune for several years running and I would see them when I went to do my weekly shorebird survey. Apparently this photograph was (is?) only the third record of the species for the entire Canadian Maritimes. http://bugguide.net/node/view/185620

Summary[edit] Description: English: Pacific Five-spotted Lady Beetle (Hippodamia quinquesignata ssp. ambigua). Subspecies of insect. Date: 13 July 2015. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/2128811. Author: iNaturalist user: dominic. Camera location38° 02′ 34.97″ N, 121° 21′ 58.99″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.043048; -121.366385.

Summary[edit] Description: Français : Hippodamia quinquesignata. Date: 14 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Smidon33. Illustration d'après une photographie disponible sur bugguide.net Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.