Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval, 1835) is a animal in the Coccinellidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval, 1835)
Halmus chalybeus, the steelblue ladybird, is an Australian native ladybird species whose adults and larvae eat various small insects.
Halmus chalybeus, commonly called the steelblue ladybird, is a species of ladybird. It belongs to the beetle family Coccinellidae, and is classified in the genus Halmus. This species is native to Australia. Both adult and larval steelblue ladybirds feed on a range of small insects, including scale insects, psyllids, whitefly, and free-living gall mites from the superfamily Eriophyoidea. This list of prey is not exhaustive.
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Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Novius koebelei Olliff, 1892
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cycloneda munda (Say, 1835)
Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777)
Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant, 1866)
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