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Chilocorus renipustulatus |
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Chilocorus renipustulatus |
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Hippodamia oregonensis |
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Psyllobora vigintimaculata |
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Coccinella californica, California ladybeetle |
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Harmonia axyridis, Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle |
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Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Crematogaster lineolata, Aphis folsomii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
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Harmonia axyridis |
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Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva |
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Chilocorus bipustulatus Heather Lady Beetle |
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Chilocorus bipustulatus Heather Lady Beetle |
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Psyllobora vigintimaculata |
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Propylea quatuordecimpunctata |
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Harmonia axyridis, Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, with Hesperomyces harmoniae, Laboulbeniales fungus |
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Coccinella septempunctata, Seven-spotted Lady Beetle |
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Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva |
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Harmonia axyridis Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle |
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Harmonia axyridis, Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, with Hesperomyces harmoniae, Laboulbeniales fungus |
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Have you spotted me?: Learning lessons looking for ladybugs
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| Overview |
"Although North America's almost 500 species of Coccinellidae include three species that attack plants and another three which eat fungal spores, most lady beetles are extraordinary consumers of aphids and related soft-bodied insects such as mealybugs. The familiar rotund little red or orange beetles that everyone recognises as lady beetles usually specialize on aphids, and are among the most beneficial of beetles."
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| Identification |
"Members of this family are quite oval and dorsally convex in overall body form. They commonly have a very glossy cuticl e with red, orange or yellow markings, but some may be dull and covered with setae. They have characteristic tarsi that are 4-segmented, but appear 3-segmented. The third tarsomere is small and is obscured by the dilated second tarsomere. The antennae are short and well-clubbed."-- Eddie Dunbar, Berkeley
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| Names |
Lady Beetles
Ladybugs
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Superfamily -- Cucujoidea
Subfamiles
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Chilocorinae: Chilocoris
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Coccinellinae: Adalia, Anatis, Anisosticta, Calvia, Coccinella, Coleomagilla,
Cycloneda, Harmonia, Hippodamia, Mulsantia, Neoharmonia, Propylea, Psyllobora
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Epilachninae: Epilachna
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Scymninae: Brachiacantha Cryptolaemus Hyperaspis
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| Geographic distribution | |
Coccinella species usually fit the popular image of "typical" lady beetles - rounded, convex, reddish orange beetles with black markings. We have about half a dozen species in the province, but our only currently common Coccinella is the introduced species C. septempunctata."
"Ontario has two large (7-10mm), distinctive species in the genus Anatis."
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| Natural history |
Most larvae and adults are predators of small insects such as aphids.
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| References |
- Seeno, T. and J.A. Wilcox. 1982. Leaf Beetle Genera (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Entomography 1:1-221.
- Gordon, Robert D. 1985.
The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93: 1-912.
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Steve Marshall, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario
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