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
Author(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, U.S.A.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Coleomegilla maculata (predator) (De Geer) - (pink spotted lady beetle)
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Coleomegilla maculata (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): David Cappaert, Michigan State University
Source: IPM Images
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.