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FAMILY COCCINELLIDAE
- Diomin ladybirds are small size (2-4mm). Their body is covered with short hairs. They feed on
scale
insects, aphids
and spider mites.
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- We found one species in Brisbane.
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- Minute Two-spotted Ladybird
 - Diomus notescens, body length 2.5mm
- This ladybirds is very small. The body is dark green in colour with orange-brown
spot on each of the forewings. We occasionally saw them in our hibiscus plants
wandering around. For more information please click on here.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 658.
- 2. Australian Ladybird Beetles
(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Their biology and
classification - A.Ślipiński, Australian Biological Resources,
2007, p85.
- 3. Ladybirds
- Insects Identification and Information Guide, Australian Cotton CRC, 2004.
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