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To the Editor: While reading the July 9 issue of the Journal, my eye was caught by the striking photograph entitled "Ladybug on Aster." What also caught my attention was that the beetle depicted is actually a spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi [Barber]; of subfamily Galerucinae) rather than a ladybug (Coccinellidae family), which is more correctly termed a ladybird beetle or lady beetle, since it is not a true bug. Ladybird beetles are easily distinguished from cucumber beetles by their short antennae, broad pronatum, and rounded abdomen. The distinction is important, since the ladybird beetle, by virtue of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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