Can you ID these bugs?
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
October 24, 2011 9:25 pm
Hi We have just found this bugs, mainly the orange, ladybird looking ones on my mother’s stone fruit trees. They seem to be have suckers inbedded in the bark and the tree seems to be really struggling. She is in Adelaide, South Australia, it is currently Spring.
Thanks so much.
Alison.
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Lady Beetle Pupae
Hi Alison,
You have sent us photos of the pupae and a larva of some Lady Beetle. We presume they are the same species. They appear to be Common Spotted Ladybirds, Harmonia conformis, based on photos posted to the Brisbane Insect website.
Lady Beetle Larva
August 26, 2011
Location: Elyria Canyon Park, Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, California
Several of the Indian Milkweed Plants growing wild in Elyria Canyon Park have serious Milkweed Aphid infestations, and one especially hard hit group of plants is also covered in black Sooty Mold. See the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resourceswebsite for more information on Sooty Mold.
Indian Milkweed with Sooty Mold
Convergent Lady Beetles, Hippodamia convergens, have begun to feed off of the Milkweed Aphids, though it seems there are far too many Aphids for the few Lady Beetles that were observed. Learn how to identify the Convergent Lady Beetle on BugGuide and read more about the benefits of the native Convergent Lady Beetle on the San Francisco State University Department of Geographywebsite.
Convergent Lady Beetle
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I found this guy/girl crawling around in a box in my kitchen. We have had a bunch of ladybugs, and I am sure I have seen both the bright red and the ones that are more orange. I just didn’t know what to make of one that is both.
Angie
Asymmetrical Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Hi Angie,
We have received other images in the past of this asymmetrically marked Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle variation. One theory is that the pale side may be a dead wing. Where are you located? Since you did not use our standard form, you neglected to include the sighting location.
we are in Golden, CO. I apologize for the lack of info. The kids were intrigued by it and we absolutely love your site. I have a new tablet and haven’t adjusted to the mobile world yet and was having trouble finding the right place to send it to you. I should have just jumped on pc. Lol. We are right in the foothills between a small table top plateau and the canyon. We have had a very wet year and seen many bugs that we either haven’t seen in years or are brand new. It has been really fun. We have used your site and bug guide a lot this summer.
Angie
Thanks for the additional information Angie. We are pleased to hear you enjoy using BugGuide and our own site.
¶ Posted 19 August 2011 § ‡ ° Ladybug larva molting
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Ladybug larva molting
Location: Naperville, IL
July 7, 2011 10:30 pm
Dear Daniel~
I have many, many ladybugs and green lacewings this year on my milkweed. I thought I would share some cool photos: an adult ladybug staring me down, a ladybug larva that is molting and an earlier instar that is eating an aphid. Have a wonderful weekend! Best regards.
Signature: Dori Eldridge
Lady Beetle Larva Molting
Hi Dori,
Thanks for sending all of your fabulous photographs. We do not mean to malign a beneficial insect like the Lady Beetle, but your adult, and most likely the larvae as well, is a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, an introduced species that is thriving in North America and crowding out our native Lady Beetles which are becoming scarcer each year. While it is doubtful that anything can be done to curb the spread of the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, we can at least try to take steps to save our diminishing native populations.
Lady Beetle Larva eats Aphid
Purple and Orange bugs
Location: Eagle Mountain, UT
July 7, 2011 5:51 pm
I’ve got purple and orange bugs all over my daisys. They almost look like caterpillars except they’ve got 6 legs. Some are longer than others. Legs are in front by the head and the ’tail’ is different lengths. They are hanging out with my ladybugs.
I’ve also got stubbier ones that are more reddish. What are they? Are they both the same thing?
Signature: Calamity Jane
Lady Beetle Larva
Dear Calamity Jane,
The reason these larvae and pupae are near your Lady Beetles is that they are the immature forms of the Lady Beetle. Their form changes considerably during metamorphosis. Your daisies must be providing plenty of Aphids to support this population.
Lady Beetle Pupae
¶ Posted 07 July 2011 § ‡ ° A Black LadyBug with two red spots
Twice Stabbed Lady Beetle
A Black LadyBug with two red spots
Location: Cheney, Kansas
July 2, 2011 9:26 pm
I found quite a large group of Black LadyBugs ,a few larvae, some unhatched pupae as well as hatched pupea on my Crabapple tree today.
The Bugs have a red underbelly and are solid black except for the two red dots on their back.
I’ve tried researching on-line and came up with ”Chilocorus kuwanae . No common name yet for these bugs.
Signature: Chris Harris
Twice Stabbed Lady Beetle Pupae
Hi Chris,
We are positively thrilled with your documentation of much of the life cycle of a Twice Stabbed Lady Beetle, Chilocorus kuwanae. All of the stages of metamorphosis that you have documented match similar stages depicted on BugGuide which indicates it was “Introduced from Japan and Korea, originally to California as Chilocorus similis Rossi. Now established across North America.” We needed to crop out your signature on the photos in order to increase the size of the insects in our posting.
Twice Stabbed Lady Beetle Larva
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¶ Posted 03 July 2011 § ‡ ° Lady Beetle love
Metallic Blue Lady Beetle
Lady Beetle love
Location: South Point , Hawaii (Big Island)
June 26, 2011 3:53 pm
Hi again 
. This lovely lady was crawling across my patio when I went to my garden today. I was delighted to see it as I had just seen an image (I believe on this site)of a blue Lady Beetle from Volcano, HI. At least I think it’s a lady beetle–correct me if I’m wrong 
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Here in Hawaii I’ve only see a few ladies over the years but none that weren’t spotted in familiar ladybug fashion. I used a pruned tomato leaf to let it crawl on for these pictures then put it in my garden.
Signature: Dasi
Metallic Blue Lady Beetle
Hi again Dasi,
We got a bit sidetracked on this identification because in searching Lady Beetles from Hawaii, we found this Insects of Hawaii photo gallery and we spotted the Black Stink Bug you submitted earlier that we misidentified as a possible Leaf Beetle. The gallery also shows a Lady Beetle that looks somewhat like this individual and it is identified as Curinus coeruleus. We cross checked and found the Metallic Blue Lady Beetle well represented on BugGuide where we learned it is “Native to the Caribbean but widely introduced for biological control. Apparently imported to Florida from Mexico in the 1950s” because it feeds upon “Normally scale insects (order Homoptera, suborder Coccoidea), but also will feed on aphids and the Asian Citrus Psyllid (Diaphorina citri).” We don’t know if it was purposely introduced to Hawaii or if it is an accidental introduction.
Metallic Blue Lady Beetle
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¶ Posted 27 June 2011 § ‡ ° Ed. Note: Our crack technical staff brought this wonderful link to our attention. Read about a Wasp that parasitizes Lady Bugs here: http://gizmodo.com/5815382/twitching-zombie-ladybugs-make-great-shelters?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
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