Predators:
Lady
Beetles
Coleoptera:
Coccinellidae APPEARANCE
• 4 distinct stages of
WHAT TO LOOK FOR development: egg,
Adult lady beetles may be red, larva, pupa, and adult
orange or black with bright • alligator‐like larvae,
markings. Most found in some blue‐black in
vegetable crops and gardens color with orange
are aphid and mealy bug spots
predators. • adults are small, oval
and dome shaped
VEGETABLE CROPS
Most, for example:
• tomatoes
• lettuce and leafy
greens
• grain crops
• strawberries
• melons
Top: Lady beetle larva feeding on aphids
Bottom: Lady‐beetle eggs
Natural Enemies of Vegetable Insect Pests in Hawaii
WHAT THEY ARE
Predators are beneficial insects that
attack, kill, or consume a wide
variety of common pests. Males,
females, immatures, and adults may
all be predatory. Predators include
lacewings, flies, spiders, beetles,
true bugs, and predatory mites.
Adult lady beetles are attracted
to a wide range of plants such as:
• sunflowers and daisies
• sunn hemp
• buckwheat
• haole koa
• fennel, dill, parsley
• dandelion
Include these flowers among your Head of parsley
crops and gardens. Reducing use with lady beetles
of insecticidal sprays may also on top
promote ladybug populations.
WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR YOU
PESTS ATTACKED
Cycloneda • aphids
sanguinea, a
• whiteflies
lady beetle
• psyllids
species • mites, mealybugs
introduced • small insects
to Hawaii
• insect eggs