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National Institute of Entomology - Specimen Spotlight

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COLEOPTERA / Coccinellidae / Illeis galbula (Mulsant, 1850)
Collection Date: 07 March 2022
Collected by: B Candusio
Location: Woodend North, Victoria.

 
 

 lleis galbula, the fungus-eating ladybird, is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae.
Adults are 4-5mm in size, while the larvae are between 8 and 10mm. Adults are black with bright yellow markings. Larvae are grey with black tubercles covered with short spines. The pupa is pale yellow with black tubercles and lateral spurs.
 
During the day it is fast moving and readily flies or drops when disturbed. The pupa are active and often stand on end. Adult and larval fungus-eating ladybirds are often found in gardens where they eat powdery mildew on cucurbit crops like pumpkin and zucchini. In Australia, overwintering adults feed on pollen of wattles and privet species during spring.
 
This species is native to Eastern Australia. It is a non-native species in the North Island of New Zealand, first found in Auckland in 1985. They are also found in New Guinea.

 

Latest Institute of Entomology News

Transfers Complete

12/06

Transfers of all our Domain Names, Forums and On-Line Store to our new Australian Servers has now been completed. This has been a HUGE task and our thanks go to Sam and Kane from Hosting Australia as well as Jafar Ansari from the Upwork Team over in India.. Thanks Guys! 

Redesign of Programs Store Underway

10/06

Our tech gurus are currently working on preparing a New On-Line Store for Enrolment Payments and other Services.
This version will be more secure and offer greater options for our Students and Members of the Public.

All Websites Moved to New Servers

06/06

We are pleased to announce that the migration from our original United States Servers to our Australian Hosting Service is anmost complete.

Only the Forums Sites needs to be migrated to the New Servers and that should be completed shortly.

Bug Club Term 1 Ends

07/04

Students of the National Entomology Junior Bug Club have now completed their Term 1 module and are taking a well deserved school holiday break.
To keep them occupied, they are getting their entries ready for our first Insect Photography Competition.

Special prizes are for First, Second and Third places and students may enter as many times as they wish. The winners will be posted here.

Bug Club Students Kept Busy

15/03

Our National Junior Insect Bug Club students have been thoroughly enjoying their On-Line classes and have been allocated their first assignments for the year.
Students have a segment in their classes called 'Featured Entomologists' where students learn about the work of professional entomologists both in Australia and
overseas.

This week, after learning about the great works of the late myrmecologist Edward O Wilson, students will follow up with their own ant surveys of their own properties.
Each different observed ant species is allocated a number, photographed and plotted on a large 'Property Map' to describe where on the property it was found.

A great way to introduce students to diversity.

 

 

Major Email Issues

14/03

For the past 8 days, all of our email servers were not able to send out emails and one server in particular was being used to send out 200 spam emails daily.

This server has been permanently shut down. We have decided to migrate all our website and email hosting to our own new servers dedicated only to our usage.
There will be a delay of a few days as we move all our data across and hopefully, all should back to normal by mid next week.

 

Insect Survey at Big River

11/02

 The Institute recently went up into the High Country south of Eildon to do an aquatic insect survey at the Jim Bullock Reserve.

Some interesting Ephemeroptera and Odonata were collected in order to add to the holdings of the Victorian Regional Insect Collection. The trip was also an opportunity to test out the new shelter annex designed to piggy back onto the NIOE van.

All in all, a great trip into some spectacular country.

Entomology Club Class A Full

31/01

Class A of the National Junior Entomology Bug Club is nearly full for the Tuesdays slot. A second Class B may open if demand continues for a Wednesday Class. Parents...enrol quickly!

Announcing the NATIONAL JUNIOR ENTOMOLOGY BUG CLUB

25/01

The National Junior Entomology (The Bug Club) Group is now accepting young students for an Australia Wide On-Line program learning all about insects and other related invertebrates. Already, many young students with a keen interest in insects have become members and are looking forward to the yearly program starting in Term 1.

For all the kids out there fascinated with insects and other micro critters, this is the group for you!!. We'll meet On-Line every Tuesday (Class A) and Wednesday (Class B) at 5:30 to 6:00 PM during School Terms 1-4 to learn and talk about all things insect.
Students will learn how to study and collect them, how to start their own proper insect collections and begin an amazing journey of discovery into the world of insects and their relatives.

As students gain more knowledge and experience, they will be able to progress towards gaining their Entomology Club Grade Level Awards and will also work towards preparing, curating and displaying their entomological collections and acquired entomological skills at our National Entomology Insect Expo in October 2025!!. Parents, this is a perfect opportunity to help nurture your childs scientific interest and curiosity while they gain a valuable appreciation of the environment as they develop into adolescence.

A huge thank you for the support given to our students by Australian Entomological Supplies PTY LTD, for offering a 10% discount available to our Junior Club Members wishing to purchase supplies and other items directly from AES.

(Suitable for Age Group 10 - 18.)

The National Institute of Entomology is a registered Working With Children Provider. No# 2298350A

Classes will run every Tuesday and Wednesday for the following School Terms at 5:30 Pm via ZOOM Video Conferencing.

TERM 1 - February 4 to April 1st
TERM 2 - April 29 to May 27
TERM 3 - July 29 to September 16
TERM 4 - October 14 to December 16

 

 

Back On Line with FB, Meta, Instagram

18/01

Looks like all our Social Websites are back up and running. We never did find out what the issues were but we will still offer an apology for the downtime.

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