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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.
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
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.
Following is the yellow form of the Transverse Ladybirds (Coccinella transversalis) on the leaves of sweet potato in an Alice Springs garden.
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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- 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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