Ladybugs are really helpful bugs. One ladybug can consume 5,000 pest aphids in its lifetime.
Grownup and younger ladybugs additionally consume asparagus beetle larvae, Colorado potato beetle larvae, lace insects, mealybugs, Mexican bean beetle larvae, scale, spider mites, whiteflies, and the eggs of a number of bugs.
The ladybug is also referred to as the woman beetle and the ladybird beetle.
Ladybugs devour pollen and nectar along with pest bugs.
Draw in and maintain ladybugs on your lawn via planting pollen- and nectar-producing crops equivalent to cilantro, dill, fennel, oregano, thyme, yarrow, Queen Anne’s Lace, Coreopsis, bugleweed, and butterfly weed.
Ladybugs are about ¼ inch lengthy. They have got spherical our bodies with black spots on brilliant orange to purple wing covers. The choice of spots varies with the species of ladybug. The pinnacle and legs are black.
Ladybug larvae resemble miniature alligators. They’re black with reddish markings, about ¼ inch lengthy. A ladybug larvae can consume 40 aphids in an hour.
The lifecycle of a ladybug—from egg to grownup—lasts 5 to 7 weeks. There are one to a number of generations of ladybugs in line with yr relying at the species.
Ladybugs overwinter as adults in tree bark and lawn clutter.
Clinical title: Circle of relatives Coccinellidae
