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- The Coccinellinae ladybirds are large ladybirds that are shiny and often
have bright spots. They feed on thrips, aphids
and other small insects. Some species feed on fungi.
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- Common Spotted Ladybird
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- Harmonia conformis, adult and larva, body length 6mm
- The Common Spotted Ladybird Beetles are medium in size. They are bright
orange in colour with 23 black dots on its wing-covers. They can be found
looking for aphids on the hibiscus plants in our backyard. We have more
information and pictures on this page.
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- Maculate Ladybird, Three-banded Ladybird
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- Harmonia octomaculata, body length 8mm
- This ladybird is the largest we ever seen. They are orange in colour with
eleven black spots, forming three bands, on their wing- covers. We found
them hunting the aphids among the Milkweed plants. More pictures and
information please visit this page.
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- Variable Ladybird
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- Coelophora inaequalis, (Callineda inaequalis), adult and larva,
body length 5mm
- For every colony of Milkweed
Aphids that we found, we saw at least one of these ladybirds hiding
somewhere nearby. The ladybirds are bright orange in colour with four
various patterned black dot on each wing-cover. There is a black line at the
meeting edges of the two wing-covers. The patterns are a bit different from
individual. More information and pictures can be found on the Variable
Ladybirds page.
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- Transverse Ladybird
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- Coccinella transversalis, body length 5mm
- Transverse ladybirds are common in Brisbane. They active during the day
and both adults and larvae are predators of soft-bodied insects such as
aphids. Both adults and larvae can be found on the same plants. For
more information and pictures please click on here.
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- Striped Ladybird
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- Micraspis frenata, adult
and larva, body length 4mm
- Striped Ladybirds are light brown in colour, with three strips on their
back. In late spring we found many of them on grasses in Wishart bushland.
Like most other ladybirds, they quickly drop onto the ground when disturbed.
Some fly away in the mid way of dropping. More information and pictures can
be found in this page.
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- Fungus-eating
Ladybird
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- Illeis galbula, body length 5mm
- We found quite a number of them on different plants including Rosaceae
in late spring and early summer. They are fast moving and are active flier.
Their body is smooth and shiny with bright yellow dots on black colour. We
often see them on different types of plants. More pictures and information
can be found in this page.
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- Spotted
Amber Ladybird, White Collared Ladybird
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- Hippodamia variegata, body length 4mm
- This ladybird is also known as White Collared Ladybird. We found
this ladybird on a milkweed plant. The first picture shows the insect just
come out from its pupa. The colour on its forewings are not fully developed
yet. The second picture shows the ladybird few hours later. We only see this
ladybird once. This species is native to Europe and has spread around the
world.
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- Netty Ladybird
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- ? Heteroneda reticulata, body length 6mm
- This ladybird is lemon yellow in colour. There are the black lines across
on its wing covers resembling network pattern. We call this beetle Netty
Ladybird. We do not sure if it is the Heteroneda reticulata. We saw
the Heteroneda reticulata picture on a Singapore stamp that looks
exactly the same as this ladybird. More information and pictures please
visit this page.
- Reference:
- 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
- 3. New
ladybird found in South Australia - South Australian Research and
Development Institute 2001
- 4. Ladybirds
- Insects Identification and Information Guide, Australian Cotton CRC, 2004.
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