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Rodolia cardinalis (vedalia)

Synonyms: Rhodolia cardinalis; Vedalia cardinalis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rodolia cardinalis (common names vedalia beetle or cardinal ladybird) is a species of ladybird beetle that is sometimes described as endemic to Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Rodolia cardinalis

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore
Hibernates [1]  Yes

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chilocorus bipustulatus (heather ladybird)1
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug destroyer)1
Ophelosia hypatia1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0