Mealybug ladybird at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | 18 Feb 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Jan 2021 | ConBoekel |
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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
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
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.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
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.
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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
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Scientific name
- Mealybug ladybird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 706.5m Recorded at altitude
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