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Epilachna Lady Beetle
Epilachna sp.
-6.73, 107.01
Field Notes
Description:
A red ladybird, orange head and pronotum with 12 black spots, orange legs.
Habitat:
Spotted during a day walk at Kebun Raya Cibodas, a 80ha area above 1.400 metres high, mix of botanical park with big trees & palms and surrounded by rainforest at the foot of Gene volcano, Java - Indonesia.
Notes:
The Epilachninae are leaf-feeding herbivores rather than being predators. Accordingly, several members of the subfamily are crop pests, and sometimes cause locally serious crop losses.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Coccinellidae Genus: Epilachna
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 27, 2017
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