Coccinellidae; Coccinellinae; Coccinellini; Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, 1781. This Transverse Ladybird has a voracious appetite for aphids. So, it is always a welcome sight when it appears in our vegetable plot. This one was running up and down the stems of the young string bean plants and whenever I could get a decent view of its front end, it always seemed to have an aphid in its mouth. The picture which shows this best is the last one. Usually when one Ladybird arrives, others follow. So, I am hoping to some more quite soon.
Saved this from the pool.
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Lymantriinae get the common name "Tussock Moth" because of the tufts of hair on the back of their larvae. These tufts are reminiscent of clumps of grass known as "tussocks". Wikipedia's article gives some useful information on this kind of larva, with a particular reference to "urticating hairs". Every child in the Philippines knows to avoid contact with these larvae because the urticating hairs cause severe itching and rashes. There is a great variety of colours and patterns displayed by the different species. So identification during the larval stages is not easy.
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