Coccinellidae (family)

Unidentified lady beetle at suppressed

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Identification history

	Coccinellidae (family)	28 Apr 2025	DiBickers
	Unverified	28 Apr 2025	MazzV

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An all orange beetle with a ladybird shape, but no spots! Some large black-brown markings on top of the thorax and an orange head with very black eyes. It was found on a potato plant, and the leaves were not chewed or damaged.

3 comments

DiBickers wrote:

28 Apr 2025

Recently eclosed (emerged from pupal case). Still needs to harden and colour-up. Will be difficult to accurately ID with certainty☹️I suspect it could be Coelophora inaequalis looking at the pronotum.

MazzV wrote:

12 May 2025

Thanks to you, Di, that's more learning under my belt! And I've also just discovered what the larvae can look like. Loving it,

Cheers,

MazzV

DiBickers wrote:

12 May 2025

It’s so fun isn’t it @MazzV!! I’m still observing & learning new things every day. There’s always something new to see or an interesting behaviour or interaction to watch😊

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

potato Associated plant
Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Coccinellidae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified lady beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1197.63m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania