Coleomegilla maculata (predator)

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Coleomegilla maculata preying on Colorado potato beetle eggs (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, U.S.A.
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Coleomegilla maculata (predator) (De Geer) - (pink spotted lady beetle)

Coleomegilla maculata (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): David Cappaert, Michigan State University
Source: IPM Images

This species of ladybird beetles is common in North America, specially in corn fields. It is highly polyphagous, feeding on aphids, hemipteran bugs, leaf hoppers, caterpillars, beetle larvae, thrips, insect eggs, other soft-bodied insects, spider mites and pollen. It is commercially produced.

Synonyms:
Ceratomegilla maculata

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.