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ladybird-pupation-colorchange

Assembled from the individual images taken on one day, this montage shows how a lady beetle pupa changes color in the first few hours of pupation.

About this image

Identification: Harmonia axyridis
Date Taken: 17 October 2007
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Contributors: Patricia Jones,
photographer copyright holder; George Hammond,
identification
Subjects: Subject Life-cycle; Subject Live Animal; Type Photo; Life Stages and Gender pupa; Anatomy coloration/patterning aposematic; Anatomy sexual

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To cite this page: Jones, P. 2009. "ladybird-pupation-colorchange" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed {%B %d, %Y} at https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/tricia_jones/ladybird-pupation-colorchange/

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