Ladybird rests after a big aphid meal in the curl of a rose leaf. More aphids roam nearby. Beetle should clean its pronotum if it wants to look innocent. Kyogle, NSW.
Ladybird beetle expires partially emerged from a pupa. Possibly a potato ladybird that had been parasitised prior to pupation or attacked during the vulnerable period of eclosure. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Ladybird beetle expires partially emerged from a pupa. Possibly a potato ladybird that had been parasitised prior to pupation or attacked during the vulnerable period of eclosure. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Ladybird beetle expires partially emerged from a pupa. Possibly a potato ladybird that had been parasitised prior to pupation or attacked during the vulnerable period of eclosure. Oxley Creek, QLD.
These pupae turned into orange ladybirds with black spots. Somewhat predictably you would think, but they started out as mostly black grubs. They're pretty ugly when they're grubs.
This could be a ladybird or it could just be a spotted leaf beetle. I'm going with ladybird because I like that better. Also, I'm too lazy to google right now.