I'm sorry I wasn't able to zoom in further, but it was running around so fast that I was fortunate to have gotten any photos. I'll provide some sites below where you can look at magnified images.
Compare the photos above to this series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia_axyridis This shows, from left to right: mating, eggs, 5 larval stages, pupa, and newly-emerged adult. The larval stage I photographed is at the bottom left corner. |
http://bugguide.net/node/view/397
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524671/
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hse-fact/1030.html
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