I was looking at a wrong set of notes which I had placed beside the wrong pictures when I was preparing to upload this spotting. The Common name and scientific name were both entirely wrong. It has a black head with predominantly bright red or orange elytra boldly marked with a black band down the midline and two lateral three-lobed markings." From me personally, apologies to anyone who looked at this spotting between March 31 and April 14.
Wikipedia describes it well: "Measuring 3.8 to 6.7 millimetres (0.15 to 0.26 in) long and 3.3 to 5.45 millimetres (0.130 to 0.215 in) wide, the transverse ladybird shows little variation across its wide range. 1951 ( MNHN) Canala, 1869 (Delacour rec.) ( MNHN).This is Coccinellidae Coccinellinae Coccinellini Coccinella transversalis Fabricius,1781. M'Boueri rec.) ( CXMNC) Bourail, 1929 (Risbec rec.) ( MNHN) Timbia, 1929 (Risbec rec.) ( MNHN) Plum, 1928 (Pruvot rec.) ( MNHN) Iles Loyauté, Lifou, 1928 (Pruvot rec.) ( MNHN) Nouméa, 4.i. 2009 ( CXMNC) Boulouparis, Ouenghi, 7m, 12.ix. Kataoui rec.) ( CXMNC) Boulouparis, Mont Do, 1029m, 03.xii. M'Boueri rec.) ( CXMNC) Sarraméa, Col d'amieu, 26.x. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC) La Foa, Pocquereux, 05.iii. Mille rec.) ( CXMNC) Boulouparis, Ouenghi, COL /ins/ 41 -14, 28.i. 1955 ( ONNC) Ile Loop et ilôts Avon, Chesterfield islands, xi. Gutierrez rec.) ( ONNC) Voh, Tribu de Keta, vi, viii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Vallée de la Boghen, 17.ix. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Thio, bord de rivière, 1.xi. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Poum, La Gologne, 18.iii.
Delobel) ( ONNC) Port-Laguerre, Station Agricole, 3.iii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Nouméa, Ouen Toro, 24.vi. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Nouméa, jardin Musée, 9.iii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Nouméa, Ile Nou, 11.iv. 1954 ( ONNC) Nouméa, iiv, vii, ix, xi, xii. 1956 ( ONNC) Mt Mou, sentier captage tribu des Pirogues, 14.ii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Mandjélia, ancienne scierie, ii. Renevier rec.) ( ONNC) Kaala-Gomen, 22.ix. 1966 ( ONNC) Environs de Port-Laguerre, 29.i. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Environs de Galarino, 12.ii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Dumbéa, chez Trichard, 9.ii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Dôme de Thiébaghi, 18.iii. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Col des Roussettes, 16.iv. Chazeau rec.) ( ONNC) Col des Mimosas, RT1, 16.iv. Delobel rec.) ( ONNC) Col d'Amieu, Tribu de Couli, vi. NEW CALEDONIA: Bondé, vallée du Diahot, vii. Planococcus citri (Risso) ( Waterhouse 1998) This species has attracted great interest in biocontrol especially against aphids ( When prey is scarce, it is also known to feed on pollen and extrafloral nectaries ( Evans 2000) which are uncommon in the New Caledonian native flora. Humans have promoted its spread and we consider it as introduced according to its biological traits (since aphids are all introduced in New Caledonia CM & HJ, unpublished data) and distribution. This is a polyphagous predator of various In New Caledonia, it is a common species on both coasts, including high altitudes (greater than 1,000m), Isle of Pines, Belep Islands, Loyalty Islands, Surprise, Chesterfield and Walpole islands. Is a very widespread species, it has been recorded widely in the Asia-Pacific region, from India to Polynesia, including Australia, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Micronesia, Cook Islands, Wallis & Futuna, and French Polynesia. The synonymy, established by Mulsant (1850) (first reviewer who attributed the species authorship to Casström) is currently accepted by recent authors (e.g. Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, 1781: 97
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