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THE CALIFORNIA RED LADYBIRD BEETLE. 



Coccinella callfornica Mann. 

 (Fig. 195.) 



General Appearance. — Average sized ladybird beetle, rather short, 

 being about three fourths as wide 

 as long. The head is black; thorax 

 black Avith a white or pale spot on 

 each margin; elytra, orange or 

 scarlet-red with no other marking 

 than a small rhomoidal dark spot 

 at their middle base, known as the 

 scutellar spot. 



Distribution. — A very common 

 species to be found throughout the 

 State and especially abundant in 

 the northern coast counties. 



Fig. 19.5. — The California red ladybird 

 Hosts. — Feeds largely upon beetle, Cocdnella callfornica Mann, 

 aphids. In the northern and central ^ Original. Drawing by Birdnekoff.) 



parts of the State the cabbage aphis {Aphis hrassicce Linn.) is a favorite 

 host. It also feeds upon young scale insects. 



THE BLOOD-RED LADYBIRD BEETLE. 



Cycloneda sanguinea (Linn.). 

 (Fig. 196.) 



General Appearance. — The adults are about three sixteenths of an 

 inch long and rounded oval, some- 

 what convex in shape. The elytra 

 are dark red or yellowish in color 

 with margins and bases paler. The 

 head is black with front of male 

 white and two white spots on the 

 female ; thorax is black with front 

 white and in the shape of a broad 

 "W," but sometimes having two 

 lateral black spots in the white 

 area. The body proper is entirely 

 black, the feet being a little paler. 



Distribution. — Common through- 

 out the entire State. 



Hosts. — Preys upon plant lice 

 and young scale insects. 



Fig. 196. — The blood-red ladybird 

 beetle, Cycloneda sanguinea (Linn.). 

 (Original. Drawing by Birdnekoff.) 



