Hippodamia variegata

1 Spotted Amber Ladybird at Paddys River, ACT

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

   20 Jan 2019

Hi Alison
The spots on these beetles are quite different to my other sighting of Hippodamia variegata. See:
Hippodamia variegata (Spotted Amber Ladybird) on 16 Jan 2019
??

AlisonMilton wrote:

   20 Jan 2019

Thanks Michael. I will investigate further. I'm still very much a novice but thought I had 'mastered' lady beetles. Perhaps not.

AlisonMilton wrote:

   20 Jan 2019

Hi Michael. I think this identification is correct. The markings seem the same as Hippodamia variegata (Spotted Amber Ladybird) on 15 Nov 2018 verified by Kim Pullen.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

   20 Jan 2019

That's good Alison, I guess that's why it is called "variegata".

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.067008-35.503002
• Altitude 580.0m
• Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
• Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 16 Jan 2019 08:35 PM Recorded on
• MichaelBedingfield Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Fennel - Foeniculum vulgare Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Mixed Gender
• Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

Species information

• Hippodamia variegata Scientific name
• Spotted Amber Ladybird Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Exotic
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1189.2m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
• External link More information

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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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