My excitement quickly turned to disappointment when I realized that this creature was not a ladybug but, in fact, an Asian lady beetle, a multicolored insect often confused with ladybugs.

If you've ventured outdoors recently, you might have noticed an unusual amount of ladybugs — or perhaps insects that appear ...

Lady beetles, commonly known as ladybugs, are important insects in agricultural ecosystems due to their role as natural predators of pest species. They belong to the family Coccinellidae and are ...

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Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) is a major pest of Florida citrus. Adult females lay eggs in masses sealed between leaves in the citrus canopy, and recently-hatched neonate larvae drop to the soil and feed ...

but generations of children that grew up reading Ladybird books are likely to agree that the publisher’s red and black beetle symbol really does belong in that category. The imprint, which is now part ...

Plenty are easy to identify. Read on to discover 17 of the most colourful and striking British beetles - including a particularly vibrant ladybird. Urban areas, even cities, have more beetles than you ...

Like all insects, beetles have six jointed legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. They are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up ...

84, No. 1, Mar., 2001 Comparative Studies of Three Populations... Comparative Studies of Three Populations of the Lady Beetle Predator Hippodamia convergens (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) This is the ...