Spotted Amber Ladybird at Mount Majura
Identification history
| Hippodamia variegata | 26 Feb 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Feb 2024 | MPW |
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User's notes
All were on Fleabane. Prolific mating / breeding, Adult Beetles + Larval instars. Feeding on Aphids (sucking fleabane sap).
Please Refer to Barb's Post earlier today. Same phenomenon.
We were removing Fleabane invasive weed. Conflict of interest here with Native Ladybird Beetles....
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.168469-35.228266
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2024 12:11 PM Recorded on
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) MPW
Additional information
- Fleabane Weed Associated plant
- Aphids, Heaps of them Associated Insect
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Waiting for prey to capture Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Hippodamia variegata Scientific name
- Spotted Amber Ladybird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1189.2m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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