Small red or orange beetles with spots have been giving ladybugs a bad rap for the havoc they've been giving Michigan residents ahead of winter. As cold weather approaches, the Asian beetles, an ...
It’s easy to confuse ladybugs with Asian lady beetles. Both have bright, colorful shells with black spots. Both help to brighten up your garden. And regardless of which one you encounter, you should ...
As summer turns into fall, you may start noticing ladybugs inside your home, only they're not ladybugs. Ladybugs have a similar looking relative that causes ladybugs to get the blame for infestations ...
Ladybugs, also known as lady beetles or ladybirds, are members of the Coccinellidae family of insects. And, like in many families, there are both good and bad members. The good lady beetles help ...
As temperatures drop and Oklahoma braces for its first real cold snap, tiny invaders are making a move, and they're heading straight for your warm, cozy home. You might think you're spotting cute ...
I did a Christmas Bird Count (CBC) and a Christmas Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Count (CMALBC) on the same day. The latter ...
Not all ladybugs are created equal. Asian lady beetles look like regular ladybugs but can be identified by an "M" shape behind their head and often gather in large groups, especially indoors. Though ...
For once, I have a story about a good-guy bug invasion. There are reports from all over the region of hordes of lady beetles being everywhere. The WSU Master Gardener Plant Clinic has received ...
We’ve already had cicadas, ticks, mosquitoes and spotted lanternflies bugging us this year. And now residents of the Northeast could be bracing for another annoyance — swarms of multicolored Asian ...
Researchers at St. Francis Xavier University are examining the impacts of warming winters on Nova Scotia’s lady beetle population and what a decline could mean for the wider ecosystem.
You might have noticed these little guys crawling around, they look like ladybugs but they’re actually Asian lady beetles. With the on and off cold weather Asian lady beetles are more likely to seek ...
Julia Pupko, with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, caught this two-spotted lady beetle on June 19. Photo courtesy of Julia Pupko When Julia Pupko pulled a little red bug out of her sweep net in late ...