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Feb 8, 2024 · Identification within the family often depends on pronotum patterns. A frontal view of your specimen will help with ID.
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- Ladybugs of Alberta
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- Types of Ladybugs (with Pictures) – Identification Guide
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- California Lady Beetle
- C-7 (Seven-Spotted Ladybug) – Coccinella septempunctata
- 22-Spot Ladybug
- Cardinal Ladybird (Vedalia Ladybug) – Rodolia Cardinalis
- Pink Spotted Lady Beetle
- Hadda Beetle (28-Spotted Potato Ladybug) – Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
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The life-cycle of ladybug insects starts as larvae that hatch from eggs. These larvae gorge on aphidswhich is one of the reasons they are so useful in pest control. Then, the larvae form into a pupa which is usually yellow in color with black markings. After a few days, an adult ladybug beetle emerges and starts feeding on small insects.
The majority of ladybug species are harmless and are good for your garden. Also, you don’t have to worry if you see a native species of ladybird (ladybug) in your home. They don’t bite and they don’t carry disease. Here are some of the varieties of ladybugs native to North America, Europe, and other countries.
The Convergent ladybug or lady beetle is the most common native species found in North America. Convergent ladybug has a dark orange oval body with 12 black spots of varying sizes on its dome-shaped back. This ladybug species measures between 4 and 7 mm. Convergent ladybugs are popular to help control aphid populations, which is their main food sou...
The California ladybug is a type of lady beetle that has a red domed backwithout any black spots. The identifying feature of California ladybug is the black line running down the middle of its back. Its head is mostly black and may have a white spot on either side. This native Californian lady beetle measures around 5 mm.
The seven-spotted ladybird is one of the most common native ladybirds you will find in Europe. This is sometimes called C-7 for short. Despite being common in Europe, the C-7 has been successfully introduced into states in the US. This type of ladybird has 7 spots on its back. There are 6 of similar size on either side of its wing covers and a larg...
The 22-spot ladybug is a striking type of ladybird due to its bright yellow color. As its name suggests, there are 22 spots on this small species of lady beetle and it also has 5 spots on its pronotum. The 22-spot ladybug is one of the smaller types of beetles in the Coccinellidae family measuring only 5 mm. Unlike other aphid-consuming ladybugs, t...
Cardinal ladybug has black body with distinct red markings on its back which means it doesn’t resemble a typical ladybug. This is also a small type of ladybug because adults only grow to between 2 to 4 mm in length. Native to Australia, the Cardinal ladybug feeds on aphids, small mites, and scale insects. It has been used successfully in Australia ...
The pink spotted lady beetle is also called the twelve-spotted lady beetle. Unlike other ladybugs, the pink spotted lady beetle has a somewhat oblong body rather than an oval one. There are 6 black markings on each pink-colored wing cover. The pink spotted lady beetle thrives along coastal regions and helps control infestations of Colorado potato b...
The common name for hadda beetle has ‘potato’ in it because this ladybug feeds on and damages potato crops. The yellow-orange colored beetlehas 14 black markings on each wing cover. The oval body is larger at the head end. Hadda beetle originates in India and is prevalent in some countries in the Southern Hemisphere.
This red species of lady beetle, the two-spotted ladybug, is called so due to the two black spots on its back. One of the striking features of this type of lady beetle is the 2 large white spots on the pronotum. This makes the beetle look like it has 2 large eyes. Some species of Adalia bipunctata are known to have more than just two spots. This ty...
Photograph by James Castner, University of Florida. In the USA, the name ladybird was popularly americanized to ladybug, although these insects are beetles (Coleoptera), not bugs (Hemiptera). Now, the word ladybird applies to a whole family of beetles, Coccinellidae or ladybirds, not just Coccinella septempunctata.
Coccinellidae (/ ˌ k ɒ k s ɪ ˈ n ɛ l ɪ d iː /) 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 ...
Ladybugs of Maine Poster. A beautiful 19" x 25" poster in pdf format, created by members of the Lost Ladybug South Dakota team, faculty from the Universities of Maine and New Hampshire, and the Maine Forest Service and Department of Conservation. This poster shows 59 species encountered not only in Maine, but in many regions of northeastern ...
May 14, 2020 · Lady Bugs. Gordon Ramel May 14, 2020. 0 186 4 minutes read. Coccinellidae: The Curious Larvae & Life Cycle Of The Lady Bug. Lady Bugs (Family Coccinellidae a.k.a Lady Birds or Lady Beetles) are among the most familiar and best loved of the commonly identified insects. Lady Bug (Coccinellidae)
