A Different Kind of Ladybird - _TNY_0962
Here is a late September find which happen to be the first time I see this species.
This is the pupa of a striped ladybird (Myzia oblongoguttata). When having eaten enough as a larvae, it attaches itself to a suitable substrate and turn into a pupa and after finishing the metamorphosis, the adult will emerge. Depending on species, this can take as little as three days and as long as two weeks. No idea about the exact time for this particular species.
It is a species which is found on pine and this one had attached itself to a white piece of plywood which I had leaned against a pine to serve as backing for a dart board. Hopefully I can manage to fine an adult one next season.
A Different Kind of Ladybird - _TNY_0962
Here is a late September find which happen to be the first time I see this species.
This is the pupa of a striped ladybird (Myzia oblongoguttata). When having eaten enough as a larvae, it attaches itself to a suitable substrate and turn into a pupa and after finishing the metamorphosis, the adult will emerge. Depending on species, this can take as little as three days and as long as two weeks. No idea about the exact time for this particular species.
It is a species which is found on pine and this one had attached itself to a white piece of plywood which I had leaned against a pine to serve as backing for a dart board. Hopefully I can manage to fine an adult one next season.