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28 Spotted Potato Ladybird

Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

Description:

Very small orange coloured beetle with little black spots.

Habitat:

Potato plant in backyard vegetable garden.

Notes:

I spotted this little creature eating my potato plant but it looks like it has some injury to its wing.

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2 Comments

Stephanie R.
Stephanie R. 8 years ago

Nice shot of a very interesting insect!

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 8 years ago

Wow. Never seen one of these. Nice spotting.

oznaturepix
Spotted by
oznaturepix

Gaven, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Feb 7, 2016
Submitted on Apr 24, 2016

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