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Asian Lady Beetles vs. Native Ladybugs
Monday July 24, 2017Posted by Gerry Weitz
Invasive Asian Lady Beetles
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
“Ladybug, Ladybug, fly away . . .”
Invasive or Invited? The Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle looks like our North American ladybug but it’s really an invasive species.
The Asian Lady beetle, however, could make an argument that rather than have invaded the country, it was invited – by our government.
It seems we didn’t have enough ladybugs so the Asian Lady Beetle was introduced into the states during the 1970´s to perform chemical-free pest control, for both our agricultural crops and our national forests.
The native Nine-Spotted ladybug is a threatened and endangered species. It has four spots on each wing and one spot that is split in the middle.
Native Ladybugs
Today, there are very few native ladybugs; so much so, that there´s an actual website dedicated to “lost” ladybugs!
Hearts Pest Management is concerned about ladybugs and other beneficial insects…that’s why we practice Organic Pest Control!
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