Multicolored asian ladybug beetle

Street Address. Harmonia axyridis: information 1 Harmonia axyridis: pictures Ladybug, fly outta my home. Hodek and Ceryngier, ; Koch, ; Stathas, et al. They are small, hemispherical in shape, and can be found with and without spots. Photo by Karen Schik True to its name, this species can be highly variable in colors and patterns. Kontyu, Tokyo.

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. Florida Entomologist. Once lady beetles move into wall voids in the fall there is no way to prevent them from emerging later during winter or spring. This will not eliminate all lady beetles but it will reduce the number entering buildings. Asian lady beetle as a garden pest. Methods of control include insecticides, trapping, removal of aggregates of beetles, and mechanically preventing entry to buildings. This beetle is an important predator of soybean aphids, a serious pest of soybeans in Minnesota and other Midwest states.

Methods of control include insecticides, trapping, removal of aggregates of beetles, and mechanically preventing entry to buildings. Jeffrey Hahn, Extension entomologist. Reportedly, it has heavily fed on soybean aphids which recently appeared in the US after coming from China , supposedly saving farmers vast sums of money in The other usual forms, f. Some examples of effective active ingredients in pesticides are:.