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Lunate Ladybird

Cheilomenes lunata

Description:

Lady bird, cant find this one with the red on sides. This is the second one I have seen in the garden.

Habitat:

Hibiscus flower in garden.

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4 Comments

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Daarsy, nou het hy ook sy naam! Dankie Johan

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Yes, very similar... I see what you mean with same species in variation of color Johan. Thank you very much! Im going to give it this ID.

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

I'm still of the opinion that it is a Lunate Ladybird. Laak at the color variants of another ladybird in the link below.

http://www.google.co.za/imgres?hl=en&...

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

nice spotting,

Smith Zoo
Spotted by
Smith Zoo

Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Aug 20, 2012
Submitted on Aug 24, 2012

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