My mini is being attacked!

[Hinton]

As I was painting this morning, I saw something out of the corner of my eye. A mini that I\'ve been messing around with off and on for a while looked really odd all of a sudden. Then I realized what it was:

It\'s not a ladybug; it\'s supposedly some kind of Asian beetle or something. I\'m sure Bill, our resident entomologist, would know.

It\'s just sitting there, not moving or anything. Just though I might share that for no apparent reason.

 

[freakinacage]

it looks like she is wearing a crappy helmet!

 

[krom1415]

Sure looks like ladybird to melol

 

[Talion]

Yeah that has to be a ladybird.

on a sidenote why are some ladybirds yellow with black spots?

 

[rosac]

baby lady birds are yellow with black spots methinks. wait until bill gets here, if it is an asian bug he will be impressed!

 

[hakoMike]

Here in the states we have been lousy with those Asian beetles for the last few years. They are quite a bit more orange than the usual ladybird beetles / ladybugs that I remember from my youth.

They reproduce like crazy. And they bite. :~(

 

[Bill]

It certainly looks like a regular 10-spot ladybird adalia decempunctata to me. There is a species of cockroach which mimics ladybirds because they are poisonous, but it is bigger than that.

Re. Yellow ladybirds, it is true that baby regular ones when they come out of their pupae are yellow, but they quickly change to red.
There are species of small ladybird which are always yellow though, such as the 22-spot ladybird psyllobora vigintiduopunctata:

And 14-spot ladybird propylea quatuordecimpunctata:

The common 10-spot is one of the larger species.

But there are many different species of ladybird, ranging from black with red spots to brown with white spots, as well as different colour morphs of the same species, such as the 2-spot ladybird adalia bipunctata, of which over 100 have been named:

This can also be confusing because come colour morphs of the 10-spot can be confused with other species, such as the Orange ladybird halyzia sedecimguttata:

^Orange Ladybird

^Morph of 10-spot ladybird

And the pine ladybird exochomus quadripustulatus can be confused with morphs of the 2-spot also:

^Pine Ladybird

^2-spot ladybird morph


In conclusion, it\'s a 10-spot ladybird. And they do bite, and sometimes secrete yellow liquid too

I\'ll shut up now lol

 

[Larre]

lollollollol

intresting

// Larre

 

[airhead]

your mini has aphids?

she\'s looking for a good spot to lay eggs?

The mini wanted a colorful helmate?

Is it cool enough that she is not wanting to move? Take her outside and let her warm up some.

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by Bill
It certainly looks like a regular 10-spot ladybird adalia decempunctata to me. There is a species of cockroach which mimics ladybirds because they are poisonous, but it is bigger than that.

...

I\'ll shut up now lol

lol Oh, Bill... you\'re so true-to-form it\'s sickeningly predictable. In a good way, of course, lest I be a hypocrit (ichthyology was my game). I\'m curious, though, is entymology or taxonomy in your future career?

 

[Sonnyslayer]

get some super glue and glue it to the mini :drunk:

 

[Hinton]

@Bill: I figured if anyone knew what it was, it would be you. I think I now know more about these things that I could ever possibly use.

Hell yes these things bite; that\'s why I thought it wasn\'t a ladybug/ladybird (never heard that term before).

It\'s pretty cold outside, so that\'s why they\'re in my apartment. Usually they stay in the kitchen. Guess the heat from my painting lamps attracted this one.

And yes, it\'s still sitting on her head.

Originally posted by Sonnyslayer
get some super glue and glue it to the mini :drunk:

lol

Could be an interesting conversion.

 

[supervike]

Yes...the dreaded Asian Beetle! We\'ve got tons of them here too...They are nasty! In fact, I think they have killed off the Ladybug population, since I haven\'t seen one of those in years.

I wonder what the history of these bugs are...they only appeared here a few years back.

 

[vincegamer]

Can\'t see the original pic, but I see all of Bill\'s

So what is it?
Asian Beetle?
Ladybird? (Johnson??)
Lady Bug?

I think one may be a US v UK distinction.

 

[Bill]

A ladybug is the same as a ladybird. I searched Asian Beetle and found this:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef416.html

It seems that this \"Asian beetle\" is a troublesome species of ladybird. Whether your one, Hinton, is one of these or not, I can\'t be sure, but I believe all ladybirds bite and secrete yellow stuff the same

@Mmooddeerrrhhuu: Definitely not taxonomy. That is really boring lol

 

[DaN]

I once tried gluing a dead wasps face to some mini or other - it looked kinda cool for a few days, before it crumbled into dust

 

[Wren]

I think the mini is trying to give you some colour scheme suggestions. ;->

Thanks for the cool science facts Bill, I\'d never seen the orange or black varieties before, interesting.

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by DaN
I once tried gluing a dead wasps face to some mini or other - it looked kinda cool for a few days, before it crumbled into dust

Hmmm, I likes that, I does. How about soaking the thing in varnish first?

@Bill: taxonomy boring? Dear Heaven\'s no! You could get involved in such fascinating debates, such as; Rhinodon vs. Rhincodon vs. Rhineodon typus, or Labeo vs. Epalzeorhynchus bicolor. Fascinating stuff, I promise you!

 

[DaN]

Rhinodon vs. Rhincodon vs. Rhineodon typus, or Labeo vs. Epalzeorhynchus bicolor

<Dons huge collar and shaves head> But who\'d win, hmm...? There\'s only one way to find out - FIIIIGGGHHHT! See you after the break.

 

[wiccanpony]

:beer: ladybugs are omens of good fortune, your mini has been blessed, lucky you :flip: