It's Not Over 'Til The Beetle Lady Sings...!
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Coccinella transversalis (aka Lady Beetle)
Location: Calwell District Playing Fields
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Here I go again, learning something new every day...
While preparing my post for today, I had one of those wonderful experiences where one tiny little door opens up into an entire room library, full of new knowledge.
My initial thought was that I would have no chance of identifying my beetle any further than to say that it was, in fact, a lady beetle. So, I was super impressed to find this website called Ladybirds of Australia and even more impressed to find photographs that I was able to use for identification.
The site is a project of ANIC (Australian National Insect Collection)
The gallery contains many, many photos of various shell patterns of all the different beetles and I was quite surprised to find that I was very quickly able to find a match on page 2 with image number 39.
Genus: Coccinella
Species: C. transversalis
Following links on ANIC (linked above) led me through to another website named Atlas of Living Australia where I was able to create a profile and submit the details of my sighting, including an image to their knowledge base.
In addition to creating a profile, I also found their volunteer portal at DigiVol where you can (as stated on their home page) "decipher our collections, discover hidden archives and contribute to knowledge, joining a community of 1000+ volunteers.
In only a few hours, I've already contributed 2 tasks to a project, being the transcription of labels relating to Australian horse fly expedition 17 collection.
Anyhoo, it appears I've found one more 'thing' to add to my to-do list...?
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