1 Unidentified lady beetle at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Coccinellidae (family) | 31 Dec 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Dec 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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Larvae protected by sac spiders?
3 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
31 Dec 2020
Alison, it would be interesting to see what species this is. You could keep some pupae in a container and rear them out to adults. If you could carefully chisel a slice of bark (with pupae attached) off the tree, it would avoid damaging the pupae.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
1 Jan 2021
Thanks Kim. I did try to take some samples but as you said,it seemed to damage the pupae. As the tree is in my front yard I have just gone out and managed to peel off a small piece of bark that has several specimens nestled underneath. Let's hope they reach maturity.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
7 Jan 2021
Hi Kim, these larvae have now transformed- 6 January 2021. I've removed some larvae photos to replace with the beetle photos. these little black beetles are also previously identified as unknown lady beetle. at least one is what you previously described as teneral - sighting Coccinellidae sp. (family) (Unidentified lady beetle) so no doubt this same species as it was on the same tree. would some samples of the beetle help to further identify it?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029705-35.238302
- Altitude 318.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2020 11:51 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- Sac spider? Associated Insect
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Coccinellidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified lady beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1197.63m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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