CLOSED: Please identify this orange spiked insect.

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OrangeSpike Alexandria, VA May 31, 2009

Found this insect on a potato plant in the garden. It has orange spikes on its abdomen. It's about 4 cm long.

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OrangeSpike

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) May 31, 2009

It's a ladybug (beetle) larva, probably Harmonia axyridis:


http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4139/

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cedar18 Lula, GA(Zone 7b) May 31, 2009

I am so glad to see this - glad you posted it orangespike and grateful for your ID claypa. I saw one on my Butterfly weed and thought that was a ladybug 'baby' but appreciate the closure.

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OrangeSpike Alexandria, VA Jun 02, 2009

claypa: Thanks! I'll know Harmonia axyridis next time.

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