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Harmonia conformis, Aranda, ACT
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Larva of Common Spotted Ladybird
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INSECT FACTS |
Identification
The Common Spotted Ladybird is a medium sized orange ladybird. It has 23 large black spots on the wing covers. The larvae is black when they hatch and go through four stages of development (instars) before pupating. The larvae have two yellow bands round the abdomen after the second instar.
Size
8mm
Habitat
common in gardens
Food
Both adults and larvae eat small insects such as aphids, scale insects and mites.
Breeding
Common Spotted Ladybirds lay eggs on food plants. The eggs hatch into carnivorous larvae, then pupate into oval pupae before hatching out as adults.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Coleoptera | | Family: | Coccinellidae | | Genus: | Harmonia | | Species: | conformis | | Common Name: | Common Spotted Ladybird |
Relatives in same Genus
Tortoise-shelled Ladybird (H. testudinaria)
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