Amazing Ladybug (Aiolocaria mirabilis)

By the way, we brought them from Andreevka. Thank you for your interesting information.

Rare black shape (early October, near Nakhodka)

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October, south of Primorye. So to speak, on the verge of exhaustion-it sticks to warm walls

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  Aiolocaria mirabilis Motsch. is one of the largest and most beautiful ladybirds in Russia. It is found only in the south of the Far East, where it is quite common. It feeds on the leaf beetle Gastrolina depressa, which is associated with the nut.

This ladybug is found not only in the Far East, but also in Transbaikalia
(Chita region, Darasun resort 5-12-IX-1984-N.Berlova. Mass years)

By the way, the species is called Aiolocaria hexapilota (Hope, 1831) (=mirabilis Motschulsky, 1860); please correct the subject name! It is common throughout the east of the Chita region (Zabaikalsky Krai), in the Argun region it occurs in bulk in places; in the west it penetrates to Chita and the Aginsky district. It is common in all places of the Upper and Middle Amur region and in Primorye.
The species is found not only where there is walnut (and Manchurian, and forest) and leaf beetle Gastrolina depressa. It feeds on larvae of VARIOUS leaf beetles, so it lives not only in places where nuts grow. Detailed information about the species is available in the Red Data Book of the Trans-Baikal Territory. This section was written by O. V. Korsun, a specialist in Coccinellidae and a student of V. N. Kuznetsov.