Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Mealybug ladybird at O'Connor, ACT
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| Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | AlisonMilton | 18 Feb 2023 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 12 Jan 2021 |
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User's notes
I am not sure what is going on here. Are the beetles being attacked by a fungus? Are those beetle-shaped white mounds really beetles encased by the fungus? Are the larvae instars of the beetles or are the beetles there to harvest sugars? (A good image of the cheek-by-jowel spider had previously been uploaded.)
3 comments
26 Jan 2021
Con your third picture is I think of the Acacia Mealybug. I think the adult lady beetle species is eating the Mealybug but not sure what species it is. The nymph is also a mealy bug eater and looks to be Cryotolaemus montrouzieri - but may be the nymph of the Adult Ladybird in the picture that I can't ID.
1 Feb 2023
Hi Con, Michael is correct. Could you please remove the third photo and post separately. The other two photos are of the Mealy Bug lady beetle.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.112108-35.263400
- Altitude 604.2m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2021 08:26 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Scientific name
- Mealybug ladybird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794m Recorded at altitude
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