Apolinus lividigaster

Yellow Shouldered Ladybird at Hughes Grassy Woodland

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Identification history

Apolinus lividigaster	24 Jun 2024	MichaelMulvaney
Apolinus lividigaster	5 Feb 2024	LisaH
Coccinellidae (family)	26 Jan 2024	RogerF
Coleoptera (order) immature	26 Jan 2024	donhe
Unverified	26 Jan 2024	LisaH

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I am assuming this is a moth larva? Aphids and ants also around the larva. Update - this larva metamorphosed into a Yellow Shouldered Ladybird on or around 3/2/24 (sighting 4550788)

2 comments

donhe wrote:

26 Jan 2024

No prolegs : so not Lepidoptera.

LisaH wrote:

27 Jan 2024

Oops - thank you! My learning curve continues!!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.093920 -35.327985
Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Jan 2024 07:29 PM Recorded on
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Apolinus lividigaster Scientific name
Yellow Shouldered Ladybird Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 808.75m Recorded at altitude
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