Giant Bamboo Ladybird

Description:

The first time that I ever saw a Giant Bamboo Ladybird was just three weeks ago and it was on the same huge clump of bamboo as the one shown here. This species must have been in our area for a very long time because there are so many bamboos here, but when I showed my pictures (of my first spotting) to friends and neighbours, no one could recall having seen it before and their reaction was pretty much all the same "It is so big!". So I resolved on that day, when I spotted my first one, to never miss out on the chance of more pictures. As the days went by, for three weeks, I did not see another until I saw this one. I was busy taking pictures of a spider, but as soon as I saw the glint of the orange/red elytra, in the morning sunshine, the spider was abandoned.

Habitat:

Spotted in the rice mill backyard on a Spiny Bamboo (Bambusa blumeana), locally Known as Kawayan Tinik.