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title: "Variable Ladybird Beetle"
description: "Coelophora inaequalis — Owady i pająki. Coelophora inaequalis, the variable ladybird, common Australian lady beetle or common Australian ladybug is a ladybird species endemic to Australia, Oceania and Southern Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/variable-ladybird-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Variable Ladybird Beetle

> Coelophora inaequalis — Owady i pająki. Coelophora inaequalis, the variable ladybird, common Australian lady beetle or common Australian ladybug is a ladybird species endemic to Australia, Oceania and Southern Asia.

- Scientific name: *Coelophora inaequalis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11260
- Wikidata: [Q2246367](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2246367)
- iNaturalist taxon: [333707](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333707)

## Names

- en: Variable Ladybird Beetle

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6904), US (601), ID (386), NZ (280), PH (261), BR (224), VE (185), SG (173), MY (138), TH (116), PR (105), CO (94)

## Summary

Coelophora inaequalis, the variable ladybird, common Australian lady beetle or common Australian ladybug is a ladybird species endemic to Australia, Oceania and Southern Asia.
C. inaequalis was introduced into Florida and Hawaii as a biological control agent to combat Sipha flava, the yellow sugarcane aphid.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelophora_inaequalis

## Photo

![Variable Ladybird Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variable-ladybird-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brodie and Yasmin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99518896

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/variable-ladybird-beetle?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).