Harmonia conformis at Mulligans Flat

Common Spotted Ladybird at Mulligans Flat

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Identification history

Harmonia conformis	24 Jan 2021	AlisonMilton
Harmonia conformis	21 Jan 2021	michaelb
Unidentified	20 Jan 2021	WindyHen

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At Mulligans Flat. This creature is about 3-5mm long & bobs its tail up and down.

5 comments

tpreston wrote:

21 Jan 2021

Definately not other invertebrate, id say its an insect.

WindyHen wrote:

21 Jan 2021

Definitely didn't look like a ladybird, especially the way it bobbed it's back-end up and down. No sign of wings or wing covers. Legs are different and in a different location from a ladybird. What about the three concertina-type lines across the front of its back that close up when it lifts its tail.

rawshorty wrote:

21 Jan 2021

WindyHen, it is a nymph. I too was shocked when i first saw and photographed one and posted on here for an id and found out it was a Ladybird :)

WindyHen wrote:

21 Jan 2021

Thanks for the explanation, rawshorty. I have never seen a ladybird nymph that looked like this!

michaelb wrote:

22 Jan 2021

see this sighting 4356161:- Harmonia conformis (Common Spotted Ladybird)

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