Wikispecies has information related to Twice-stabbed ladybug.
Chilocorus stigma, commonly known as the twice-stabbed ladybug, is a native resident of the United States and Canada. It also has been introduced to Hawaii.[1] It is shiny black, and there is one red spot on each elytron. The remainder of the body is black as well, but the abdomen is either yellow or red. It is sometimes confused with the "two-stabbed lady beetle", Chilocorus orbus, which is widespread in California.[2]
^"Chilocorus stigma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
^Jerry A. Powell and Charles L. Hogue (1980). California Insects. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520037823. p. 299
Wikispecies has information related to Twice-stabbed ladybug. Chilocorusstigma, commonly known as the twice-stabbed ladybug, is a native resident of...
similar in appearance to Chilocorusstigma, but the ventral surface is brown whereas that of C. stigma is black. Chilocorus cacti is native to the New...
chromosomes in different individuals, which occurs in the ladybird beetle Chilocorusstigma, some mantids of the genus Ameles, the European shrew Sorex araneus...
produce defensive chemicals which deter infestation. A ladybird beetle Chilocorusstigma feeds on this scale and is common throughout most of the Eastern United...
such as aphelinid wasps and lady beetles like Aphytis diaspidis and Chilocorusstigma, and overgrow the colony completely obscuring them from view entirely...
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