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Azya orbigera

Globe-marked Lady Beetle

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1925

First collected

1950

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Azya orbigera, most mentions first.

  1. 2000

    Biodiversity of freshwater and estuarine communities in lower Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced species

    Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, R. Wolff, S.L. Coles, L.G. Eldredge & K. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 2010

    Diet of Chamaeleo jacksonii (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in a dry forest on Maui

    Kraus, F. Medeiros, A.C. & Preston · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1920s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1925 (Koolau Mts.; Honolulu). The Museum last collected it in 1950; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 11, 2026.

Alive today

778 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.