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Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
Approximately 10mm long Yellow spines open to 3 black tipped points
On QLD Blue Pumpkin leaf. Arid climate.
Spotted on Mar 11, 2015
Submitted on Mar 11, 2015
2 Comments
Thanks John! I thought it may be the larvae of the "28 Spotted Potato Ladybird " Beetle. I don't use pesticides, and I know this species visit. I can update the details now, Thank you again.
Hi Tam
This is the larva of a type of ladybird beetle (not the ones we normally think of) in the subfamily Epilachninae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilachnina...
This group differs from the normal ladybirds in that they eat plants rather than being predators on other insects.
This could potentially even be a pest species on your pumpkins.