Found this ladybeetle hiding in a rolled up leaf in the York Regional Forest, near Newmarket. When I touched the leaf, the beetle crawled out onto my hand. These are relatively big beetles as far as ladybeetles go (about 9 mm), quite noticeably larger than the usual asian ladybeetles and seven-spotted ladybeetles we get around here. These beetles get darker and darker with age, until the spots become less visible. LIke most ladybeetles, they feed on aphids.
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