II, No. McCandless, Linda Lady bug, lady bug, fly away from my home! Top: Adult with full complement of spots. Photo: J. Middle: Mature larva fourth instar. Photo: M. Rhoades Bottom: Typical adult H. Photo: R. Pages People more options.
Appearance H. Habitat Crops A variety of nursery, ornamental, and field crops in North America, including cotoneaster, rose, Christmas trees, apple, pecan, alfalfa, wheat, cotton, tobacco, and small grains. Pests Attacked Many species of injurious soft-bodied insects such as aphids, scales, and psyllids, including pecan aphids, red pine scale, balsam twig aphids, and pine bark adelgid. Life Cycle It is believed that females overwinter in protected sites unmated, with the majority of the population mating later in the spring.
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Li, C. Li, B. There are also reports that it will eat its own eggs and larvae. No feeding on plants has yet been reported in New Zealand, but in other countries, adult harlequin ladybirds have been reported to feed on the sap of soft fruit such as grapes and apples and pears. If they are present in the harvested grapes they release chemicals that alter the taste of the juice and wine.
In New Zealand the Harliquin ladybird has been found feeding on the giant willow aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus Hemiptera: Aphididae. It has occasionally been found associated with other aphids. The giant willow aphid is a major pest of willow trees. The Harlequin ladybird is now its main predator. By in Auckland, it had substantially reduced populations of the aphid on willow trees that I have been observing. In other countries the harlequin ladybird mainly feeds on aphids and scale insects.
They may also eat Thysanura species and mites and eggs of butterflies and moth eggs. When other foods are scarce, it is reported to eat other various Coccinellidae species as well as its own eggs and larvae. Diverse habits of 'ladybirds' Not all ladybirds eat insects; some feed on mites. Other species eat plant leaves and are pests especially in some tropical countries, whereas other ladybirds feed on fungi.
One of these, Illeis galbula Mulsant, , from Australia feeds on powdery mildew fungi. In New Zealand it is common on pumpkins and other cucurbits, plants that are commonly infected by powdery mildews. A plant feeding ladybird, hadda beetle Epilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius, recently established in Auckland feeds on plants in the Solanaceae potato family. And by winter , it had only been found in Auckland. Nature Watch has organised a project to monitor the spread of harlequin ladybirds in New Zealand.
Biological control of pests The harlequin ladybird was released into North America for the biological control of aphids. The first release of the ladybird into the USA was in , but it did not establish until Wikipedia It was more recently also released into Continental Europe for use in greenhouse and outdoor crops. It has since spread to other countries. In the USA it is reported to give good control of some aphid species.
The releases into USA and Europe were made before the implementation of the current regulations about release of potential biological control agents. These days before an organism can be released into New Zealand for biological control of a pest, it needs to be assessed for its potential to harm native and beneficial invertebrates, vertebrates and plants.
Any potential adverse effects are compared with the potential benefits. Reports of the harm caused by the harlequin ladybird to beneficial animals and plants means that it would not be deliberately released into New Zealand. Pest status Wikipedia, October The harlequin ladybird is regarded as a pest, because they have a tendency to overwinter indoors and when frightened or squashed they produce an unpleasant odour and stain left by their bodily fluid.
They also have tendency to bite humans. In Europe and USA there is concern about its impact on indigenous species of ladybirds.
Its voracious appetite enables it to outcompete them and it even eats other species of ladybirds. It is also a minor agricultural pest contaminating crops of tender fruits and grapes. The contamination of grapes by this beetle can alter the taste of wine.
Distribution Wikipedia, October Harmonia axyridis is native to central and eastern Asia from central Siberia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan in the west, through Russia south to the Himalayas and east to the Pacific coast and Japan, including Korea, Mongolia, China, and Taiwan. As a biocontrol agent for aphids and scale insects was released into greenhouses, crop fields, and gardens in many countries, including the United States and parts of Europe.
Pheromones Wikipedia October Adult harlequin ladybirds release volatile chemical, pheromones. This enables them to aggregate in the autumn, when large numbers gather together. These chemicals are being used by the makers of harlequin ladybird traps.
However, many cues are visual, both at long distance picking out light-coloured structures that are distinct from their surroundings and short distances picking out pre-existing aggregations to join , while non-volatile long-chain hydrocarbons laid down by previous aggregations also play a significant role in site selection.
Both are more important than volatile pheromones. Harmonia axyridis. Accessed 21 October Bryant PJ. Pictures of adults, larvae and pupae.
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