© John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 20 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Crematogaster lineolata, Aphis folsomii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Beetle British Isles Checklist Australia Coleoptera Ladybug Nearctic Coleoptera Links Seasonality Hosts We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Australian Faunal Directory 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 9 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Crematogaster lineolata, Aphis folsomii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 8 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 7 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 5 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Crematogaster lineolata, Aphis folsomii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 5 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 5 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 4 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva © Copyright Gail Starr 2011 · 4 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, larva © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 3 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Mealybug Lady Beetle, larva © Copyright photographer, 2008-2011 · 1 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri © Copyright photographer, 2008-2011 · 1 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri 56 thumbnails  •  slide show Overview "One of the more successful deliberately imported lady beetles is an Australian beetle, first introduced into California in 1892 to control mealybugs. Beetles of this species, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, nicknamed "Crypts" by insectary workers, are odd-looking lady beetles, quite unlike our familiar spotted aphid-eaters. The adults are 3 or 4mm long, velvety black with a reddish abdomen, and the larvae are covered with white waxy filaments and look more like their mealybug prey than other lady beetle larvae. They can be easily purchased here in Canada, and apparently are so effective they wipe out their entire food supply and have to be re-introduced to control the next mealybug infestation. Although crypts are known to occur in the wild in the United States, they probably cannot survive outside greenhouses in Ontario." Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Lady Beetles of Ontario, University of Guelph Acknowledgements Steve Marshall, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation Hosts · map Family Scientific name @ source (records) Malvaceae   Hibiscus @ I_LB (5) _   Orange tree @ I_LB (1) chenille @ I_LB (1) cherry tree @ I_LB (1) hibiscus @ I_LB (2) go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cd92c7c7-40fd-4654-bf91-e9d774bb9ea7 Updated: 2024-04-23 23:43:51 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation