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Old 07-06-2009, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green View Post
Hi Alan,

The first is similar to a soldier beetle, but is actually a click-beetle (Elateridae); you see the deep indentation/tab where the back of the thorax meets the long armoured abdomen?

The second is most likely from the Orange Ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata from the Coccinelidae family.

Not an Orange Ladybird larva which is white with yelow head + dorsal stripes with black spots. Looks like a 7-spot larva to me.
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