Alice Springs Fauna •
The Coccinella transversalis is commonly known as the Transverse Ladybird, Small Transverse Ladybird Beetle or Transverse Ladybird Beetle. It is found throughout Australia, from urban areas, gardens, forest, heath and woodland.
Pictured here are the Alice Springs Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis ), a common ladybird found in Alice Springs.
Transverse Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella transversalis ), Alice Springs NT
The Transverse Ladybird appears to have little variation across its wide range. It has a black head with predominantly bright red or orange elytra boldly marked with a black band down the midline and two lateral three-lobed markings. This species measures between 3.8 to 6.7 mm long and 3.3 to 5.45 mm wide
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Both the larvae and adults of the Transverse Ladybird search for and feed on aphids on plants. The following is of the Transverse Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella transversalis ) on the leaves of sweet potato plant in a garden in Alice Springs NT.
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Following is the yellow form of the Transverse Ladybirds (Coccinella transversalis ) on the leaves of sweet potato in an Alice Springs garden.
Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis) on sweet potato leaves), Alice Springs NT Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis) on sweet potato leaves), Alice Springs NT Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis) on sweet potato leaves), Alice Springs NT Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis) on sweet potato leaves), Alice Springs NT Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis) on sweet potato leaves), Alice Springs NT Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis) on sweet potato leaves), Alice Springs NT Yellow form of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis ), Alice Springs NT
Following photos of the Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis ) on a Needlewood (Hakea leucoptera ) in a garden in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
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Check out our Fauna > Insects > Ladybirds (Beetles) .
Transverse Ladybirds (Coccinella transversalis ), Alice Springs NT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Coccinellini
Genus: Coccinella
Species: Coccinella transversalis
Footnote & References
Many thanks to Dianne Bickers for the ID, member of the Australia – What Bug Is This? Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/Auswhatbugisthis/
Transverse Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella transversalis), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/349064-Coccinella-transversalis
Transverse Ladybird, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/transverse-ladybird/
Transverse Ladybird Beetle – Coccinella transversalis, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_ladybirds/Transverse.htm
Elytral markings, FaunaNET, Flower Chafers of New South Wales, Australian Museum, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/aus_museum/flower_chafers/key/Cetoniinae/Media/Html/elytramarkings.htm
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