Ladybug Under The Microscope 🐞🔬

The ladybug was a little hard to examine due to it being small and its elytra (hard shell) being closed. More specifically it pretty much huddled up and closed up like a little ball, hiding anything possible.

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Here is a diagram of the ladybug anatomy.
Apparently the elytra is the same on both sides, as in they are mirror images of each other.

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This particular ladybug is orange in colour with black spots. Checking out the underside of the ladybug under the microscope, the flat sectioning part reminds me of a beetle. Well it should being a ladybug is a beetle.

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Time to look at the shell, wow it reminds me a little of our pores in our skin. I would have thought the shell would be smooth and solid. I did not expect to see these pores like holes in them. More importantly, I thought they said the elytra are the same on both sides?!?! From the GIF below the bottom two dots do not appear to be symmetrical to me.
What do you think?

I am waiting on tools to arrive so I can poke and pry a little bit. Although I am a little afraid of damaging the specimens.

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