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Harmonia axyridis is a large lady beetle or ladybug species that is most commonly known as the harlequin, Asian, or multicoloured Asian lady beetle. This is one of the most variable species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of colour forms. [ 2 ]
Coccinellidae (/ ˌ k ɒ k s ɪ ˈ n ɛ l ɪ d iː /) [3] is a widespread family of small beetles. They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in the United Kingdom; "lady" refers to mother Mary. Entomologists use the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles to avoid confusion with true bugs. The more than 6,000 described ...
The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators , the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan, but in North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted pest to roughly 300 species of plants.
Olla v-nigrum is a species in the family Coccinellidae ("lady beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga. [1] [2] The species is known generally as the ashy gray lady beetle. [3]The distribution range of Olla v-nigrum includes Central America, North America, and Oceania. [2]
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name mealybug ladybird [2] or mealybug destroyer, is a species of ladybird beetle native to eastern Australia. The beetle feeds on mealybugs and other scale insects, and is used to control those pests on citrus orchards worldwide.
Chilocorus stigma, commonly known as the twice-stabbed ladybug, is a native resident of the United States and Canada.It also has been introduced to Hawaii. [1] It is shiny black, and there is one red spot on each elytron.
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The Epilachninae are a subfamily of the family of lady beetles, the Coccinellidae, in the order Coleoptera. Superficially, they look much like other ladybirds in the larger subfamily Coccinellinae , but they differ importantly in their biology, in that the members of the subfamily are largely or completely leaf-feeding herbivores rather than ...