Coccinellidae (family)
Unidentified lady beetle at ANBG
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| Coccinellidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Jun 2024 | |
| Coccinellidae (family) | pmillsApio87 | 15 Mar 2024 | |
| Monophlebulus sp. (genus) | CarbonAI | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| Melanococcus sp. (genus) | patrickcox | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| Unverified | patrickcox | 29 Dec 2023 |
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User's notes
5mm long and hanging from a thread
4 comments
29 Dec 2023
@patrickcox Hi Patrick, Pretty sure this isn't a beetle. Most likely a scale.
29 Dec 2023
@AlisonMilton that was my first thought, but then it started moving around in a larva like way, streching, twisting and retracting its head. And I can't find anything mentioning scale insects that can hang on a silk thread
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108692-35.277606
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Dec 2023 11:30 AM Recorded on
- patrickcox Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- patrickcox Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Coccinellidae (family) Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Coccinellidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified lady beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1197.63m Recorded at altitude
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