by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Pie-dish Beetle Scientific Name: Helea scaphiformis Size: TL 40mm What does it look like? The Pie-dish Beetle is black, oval shaped, with longitudinal ridges down centre of elytra, margins of body flattened to form a pie-dish shape. Larva yellow-brown elongated grub....
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Mottled Flower Scarab Scientific Name: Protaetia fusca Size: 17 mm What does it look like? The Mottled Flower Scarab is a small, usually shiny dark-coloured rounded beetle, with broad shovel-like head and pronotum, small fan-like antennae, may have hairs on underside...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 12, 2020
Fungus-eating Ladybird Adult Nymph Scientific Name: Illeis galbula Size: Total Length 4-5 mm What does it look like? Adults are bright yellow with broad jagged black bands across elytra and black midline. Fungus-eating Ladybird larvae have six legs, first segment of...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Common Spotted Ladybird Scientific Name: Harmonia conformis Size: Total Length 7-10mm What does it look like? The Common Spotted Ladybird adults are bright orange to reddish with around 20 large black spots on elytra and pronotum, some of which may pool together....
