Broad-striped Lady Beetle

This lady has a whole new look! The Broad-striped Lady Beetle is elongated, rather than round like all our previous ladybugs. The gold and black stripes give this lady a very distinct design! They have three black stripes, with yellow, sometimes a light pink, in between. They can grow to as long as 6.6mm. 

These little ones are located in West Texas and stretch all the way to California…and have been introduced to Hawaii. They enjoy a good little munch on aphids, as well as a few plants.

This month we have two sightings from California ~

 Thank you to @icosahedron, John for permission to share his observation!

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5292996

And to @avmxxre for sharing this observation! :)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369149136

Thank you to everyone who joins in with us to #stitchitforward !!!