Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Mealybug ladybird at Bandiana, VIC
Identify this sighting
| Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | AlisonMilton | 8 Sep 2025 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 7 Sep 2025 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
sitting on an aged acacia gall. Looks mostly black with orange head and tail. And the tail end has this weird 'tail' poking out.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 146.920137-36.145739
- Places Bandiana, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Sep 2025 10:43 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- wattle, gall Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Lady beetles (Coccinellidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Scientific name
- Mealybug ladybird Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location