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Coelophora inaequalis
Orange spotless ladybug. Thought before that it was Harmonia axyridis, but H. axyridis has white pronotum. Another spotless beetle, Cycloneda munda, has black pronotum. A ladybird from Australia, Chilocorus circumdatus, is bright orange in color but with dark edges on the helmet-shaped wing-covers base. This spotting has orange elytra without black edges and orange pronotum. Nov 20, 2012 update - found out that this is a form of Coelophora inaequalis, the Variable Ladybird. - http://www.meloidae.com/en/albums/coelop....
Spotted in the backyard, amongst the weeds (Struchium sparganophorum).
Compare with: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_....
Spotted on Oct 15, 2012
Submitted on Oct 27, 2012
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@Leana and @Noel.. I think I found our mystery ladybird. I found two sites with similar pics:
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id551510/, http://www.meloidae.com/en/albums/coelop.... It's one of the forms of Coelophora inaequalis, the Variable Ladybird. What do you think?