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Subfamily Chilocorinae

Chilocorinae Ladybirds feed on different type of scale insects. They are shiny colour and usually have no spots nor patterns on their wing covers. Their body is in round  helmet shape. They are medium in size. 
 

 
Steelblue Ladybird
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Halmus chalybeus, body length 3mm 
This ladybird is small in size. The wing covers are shiny dark green in colour. We sometimes find them hunting the Cowpea Aphids on our hibiscus plants. More pictures and information please click here.
 
 
Red Chilocorus, Armoured Scale Predator
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Chilocorus circumdatus, body length 4mm
This small ladybird was found on a Citrus tree near Bulimba Creek in early summer. The ladybird was bright orange in colour with dark edges on the wing-cover base. They are known to be the predators of scale insects. Click here for more pictures and information.
 
 
Orange-spotted Ladybird
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Parapriasus australasiae, body length 5mm
We found this ladybird on a Citrus plant in Mt Coot-tha Botanic Garden on early Summer. Dan Papacek (Bugs for Bugs) kindly sent us email advised that this ladybird is probably the Parapriasus australasiae. This species seems to feed readily on the soft scale insects such as Black Scale Saissetia oleae and the close relatives. Please click on here for more information and pictures.
 
 
Larva
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? sp., body length 8mm
This is a larva in this sub-family. We do not know what species it is. 
 
 

1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 658.
2. Genera of Coccinellidae - The University of Queensland Insect Collection, 2004.

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