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Novius octoguttatus
Novius octoguttatus is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in India (Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand and China.
From the article Novius octoguttatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in). They are dark reddish brown or rusty reddish brown, the pronotum with two black spots. Each elytron has four black spots. The ventral surface is rusty red to yellowish brown.
In human culture
They have been recorded preying on Icerya species and Drosicha mangiferae.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1551970.