Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis)
Image Copyright Perry Stevens
Last Observed: March 2016, Koh Chang
Observed By: Perry Stevens
This common species of ladybird is found from India across to Australasia.
From a human perspective this little beetle is one of the good guys since it preys on many plant eating insects such as aphids and leafhoppers that cause damage to commercial crops.
It has a black head and a red/orange body with sort of Rorschach blotches where (if you’re European) you’d expect to see spots.
Transverse Ladybird Wikipedia
