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emerging from the cocoon I completely forgot this picture... it was a very lucky encounter, being in the right place and in the right moment to see this. Coccinella septempunctata,Geotagged,Israel,Seven-spotted Lady Beetle,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

emerging from the cocoon

I completely forgot this picture... it was a very lucky encounter, being in the right place and in the right moment to see this.

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    Pudding4brains
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    Hi Yael - you may have documented something more interesting than you thought.
    This is an eclosure gone south ...
    The beetle tried to emerge from the pupa but got stuck. One or more of the elytra/wings stuck to the exuviae and the beetle couldn't pull itself loose. So it was stuck in place as the process of pumping up the wings, hardening and gaining colour continued. If it still gets pulled loose now, it will will be damaged for life (elytra and wings warped), but it may well just die in place as if it is unable to free itself. This old collage shows how a sucsessfull eclosure should look:
    Coccinella septempunctata emerging from pupa Rather old series with old camera and horrible lighting ... for explanation with this image:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/54116/yellow_ladybug.html Coccinella,Coccinella septempunctata,Coccinellidae,Coccinellinae,Coleoptera,Eclosure,Emerging,Pupa,Teneral,nl: Zevenstippelig lieveheersbeestje
     Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Yael Orgad's profile
      Yael Orgad
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      oh! too bad for the beetle :-( (although since this is pic from 13 years ago, it's water under the bridge...)
      thank you for the explanation!       Posted 4 years ago

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The Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names.

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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Jan 16, 2021. Captured Mar 26, 2008 11:02 in Pinkas St 2, Herzliya, Israel.
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  • 6mm