1 Spotted Amber Ladybird at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Hippodamia variegata | 19 Jan 2019 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unverified | 19 Jan 2019 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
4 comments
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
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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.
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".
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
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Collections
MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hippodamia variegata Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
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
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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