Fungus-eating Beetle (Illeis galbula)

A very active, 5 mm long beetle with bright yellow elytra that had three "bat-wing" shaped black patterns across.
Spotted under bright lights in a suburban garden.

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Pudding4brains

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Hi Leuba, excellent to see your Aussie Illeis featured on JD now, thanks for that!
I've corrected the genus name in the title and added some more tags. Traditional classification will have these in a tribe Psylloborini, together with other fungus eating species, but some authors prefer to shuffle them all into one heap under Coccinellini - hence the double "tribal" tags ;o) Cheers, Arp Posted 7 years ago

The Fungus-eating Ladybird

The Fungus-eating Ladybird is a species of Coccinellidae. Adults are 4-5mm in size while the larvae are between 8 and 10mm. Adults are bright yellow with black markings, larvae and pupa are white with black dots. During the day it is fast moving and readily flies or drops when disturbed. Adults feed on black mold and other fungi. The pupa are active and often stand on end. They are found in Australia and are a non-native species in New Zealand.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Leuba Ridgway