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Australian lady beetles (mating)

Coelophora inaequalis

Description:

Large dome shaped red ladybug & orange ladybug both with dark spots. The center lines are striped. Each pronotum has black and white markings.

Habitat:

Australia, Oceania and Southern Asia.

Notes:

Introduced to control aphid population in Florida and Hawaii.

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2 Comments

1Sarah2
1Sarah2 12 years ago

Maybe they have just realized that they are outnumbered and are bringing in reinforcements...

ClairePelletier
ClairePelletier 12 years ago

Oh aphid population is important, but why don't they eat them... ??? =)

1Sarah2
Spotted by
1Sarah2

Madeira Beach, Florida

Spotted on Sep 6, 2011
Submitted on Sep 15, 2011

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