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Angela Tucker's List: Convergent Lady Beetle

  • Oct 07, 09

    General lady bird beetle info

    • Ladybugs are capable of consuming up to 50 to 60 aphids per day but will also  eat a variety of other insects and larvae including scales, mealy bugs, leaf  hoppers, mites, and various types of soft-bodied insects
    • Most species of Ladybugs are among our most beneficial insects

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    • Adults spend roughly May-January in the mountains, then mate Jan.-Feb., and fly  down to the valleys to lay their eggs and die. The eggs hatch, and the larvae go  on a feeding frenzy eating aphids until undergo complete  metamorphosis into adults and fly back up to the mountains
    • best known and most common American lady beetles
    • Wheat, sorghum, alfalfa, vegetables, greenhouse crops, orchard crops, and most  crops attacked by aphids

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  • Oct 07, 09

    Convergent Lady Bird Beetle profile

    • Convergent Ladybug Beetles can cause problems for  dogwood trees. They carry a parasite fungus,  which is transferred to the tree when the beetle lands on a leaf
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