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Harmonia axyridis is a typical coccinellid beetle in shape and structure, being domed and having a "smooth" transition between its elytra (wing coverings), pronotum, and head. It ranges from 5.5–8.5mm in size. The common color form, f. "succinea", is orange or red in colouration with 0–22 black spots of variable size. The other usual forms ...
Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1771) – Asian lady beetle, originally from Nepal, China, Taiwan, Japan, introduced to Western Europe and America; Harmonia antipodum (Mulsant, 1848) – antipodean ladybird, endemic to New Zealand; Harmonia basinotata Bielawski, 1964 – New Guinea; Harmonia bicolor (Blackburn, 1892) – Australia
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] It is usually gray or pale tan with small black spots on its elytra and thorax.
Asian lady beetles are slightly larger than ladybugs. Again, ladybugs are bright red, and the lady beetles have variations in their colors. Ladybugs are also round, whereas lady beetles tend to be ...
Asian lady beetles are more aggressive than ladybugs and they will bite humans or animals if provoked. Unlike mosquitos , these beetles don't suck blood, so biting is only a defense mechanism.
Small red and orange insects with spots have been giving ladybugs a bad rap for the havoc they've been causing.
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 ...
C. undecimpunctata is a lady beetle with eleven black spots found on its red/orange elytra.Its size can range from around 4.0 to 5.0mm. It may look like this beetle has six spots on each elytron, however the black spot in the center of the elytra, just behind the pronotum, counts as just one.