Ladybird Beetles

Several Species

Beneficial:
A variety of small (1/4 inch or so) hemispherical-shaped insects having shiny bodies usually, orange or orange-red with black spots (or less frequently, black with reddish spots). Ladybirds move about freely.

Ladybird beetles feed on aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

See also the Extension Entomology Insect Answers.

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