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Variable Ladybird
Coelophora inaequalis
14.33, 121.09
Field Notes
Description:
Orange spotless ladybug. Thought before that it was Harmonia axyridis, but H. axyridis has white pronotum. Another spotless beetle, Cycloneda munda, has black pronotum. A ladybird from Australia, Chilocorus circumdatus, is bright orange in color but with dark edges on the helmet-shaped wing-covers base. This spotting has orange elytra without black edges and orange pronotum.
Nov 20, 2012 update - found out that this is a form of Coelophora inaequalis, the Variable Ladybird. - http://www.meloidae.com/en/albums/coelophora-inaequalis/.
Habitat:
Spotted in the backyard, amongst the weeds (Struchium sparganophorum).
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