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Striped Ladybird

Micraspis frenata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 272, February 302, March 244, April 219, May 141, June 66, July 100, August 170, September 321, October 318, November 335, December 390.
Australia2,878
Queensland1,101
New South Wales839
Victoria630
Tasmania146
South Australia139
Australian Capital Territory23
United States1
Pennsylvania1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLady Beetles · Coccinellidae
GenusMicraspis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Striped Ladybird with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.