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Field Notes

Description:

Type of Ladybird?

Habitat:

Garden, Hibiscus hedge and Convovulus plant mixed. Tropical island.

Notes:

Added more that I found this morning on the Convovulus (Morning Glory vine). I think.. and it is only a think that they are the same species as the first. I hope that they are. Can mice eat these? I worry.

Species ID Suggestions

Steelblue Ladybird

Halmus chalybeus

Reference Link
PaulaGriffiths
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Comments (7)
PaulaGriffiths
Thanks Mark.. once again I am grateful for your input.. It is late here for me, will have a look this weekend and do the necessary.
Mark Ridgway
Your added pictures look a different species. It looks like some Chrysomelidae. I think you should make a separate spotting for those. The most obvious difference is the lack of a flange around the base of the elytra.
PaulaGriffiths
This bug has a reddish tinge to it. So not the Steel blue.
PaulaGriffiths
Mark Ridgway, I found the blog above which says that they have been introduced into New Zealand and Hawaii. I am going to say that it is definitely here and this was one. It was so shy, but I have seen it twice. I must get more photos.
Mark Ridgway
Looks very similar to the 'Steel blue' ladybird (Halmus chalybeus) from Australia which has been introduced to NZ, Hawaii and some other Pacific islands but I can't find clear reference of it in Vanuatu. http://www.territorioscuola.com/enhancedwiki/fr.php?title=Halmus_chalybeus#/media/File:Two_Halmus_chalybeus_in_hand.jpg http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/lucid/key/lucidKey/Media/Html/halmuChalybeus1.htm#distribution
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PublishedAugust 16, 2015

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