Lady Beetles of Hawai'i
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S U S T A I N A B L E P E S T M A N A G E M E N T Ladybeetles of Hawai‘i Ash-Grey Ladybeetle Black Chilocorus Common Spotted Ladybeetle (Olla v. nigrum) (Chilocorus nigritus) (Harmonia conformis) Eats primarily Eats primarily psyllids, occasionally Eats armored psyllids, aphids scale, some soft scale occasionally aphids Host plant: Papaya 6.0 mm Metallic Blue Ladybeetle Three-Striped Ladybeetle Twenty-Spotted Ladybeetle (Curinus coeruleus) (Brumoides suturalis) (Psyllobora viginti taedata) Eats aphids, whitefly, Eats scale, aphids, Eats powdery psyllids, scale, mealy- psyllids, mealybugs, mildew bugs, mites whitefly Host plants: Host plants: Host plant: zucchini, sunn hemp, cilantro, cosmos, Koa haole papaya crimson clover 5.5 mm 1.5 mm Variable Ladybeetle Variable Ladybeetle Yellow-Shouldered Ladybeetle (Coelophora inaequalis) (Coelophora inaequalis) (Apolinus lividigaster) Eats aphids, Eats aphids, including Eats aphids, including milkweed aphid including milkweed aphid Host plants: milkweed aphid Host plant: buckwheat, cilantro, Host plants: crown Crimson clover cosmos, crimson clover flower, cosmos 4.5 mm 4.5 mm 3.0 mm Globe-Marked Ladybeetle Minute Two-Spotted Ladybeetle Scymnus sp. (Azya orbigera) (Diomus notescens) 4.0 mm 1.5 mm Eats soft scale, occasionally aphids Eats aphids, mealybugs, some Eats aphids caterpillar eggs and mealybugs Host plants: Buckwheat, marigold, Host plants: Buckwheat, fennel, Host plant: A‘ali‘i (Dodonaea viscosa) fennel, cosmos, crimson clover cosmos, crimson clover Seven-Spotted Ladybeetle Ten-Spotted Ladybeetle Stethorus sp. (Coccinella septempunctata) (Bothrocalvia pupillata) 7.5 mm 1.0 mm 4.0 mm Eats aphids, thrips, whitefly, psyllids, Eats mites Eats aphids, whitefly, psyllids, thrips leafhoppers, moths, beetles Host plants: tea plants, papaya Host plant: Mamaki Host plants: Cilantro, fennel, dill Number in small box indicates actual size of adult beetle. Poster produced by: Jane Tavares, Koon-Hui Wang and Jari Sugano Acknowledgments: This project is partially funded by CTAHR Hatch Project # HAW09022-H. Photo Credits: Jane Tavares and Koon-Hui Wang For more information about these ladybeetles in Hawai‘i, please see Nishida, G.M. 2002. Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist. 4th edition. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI..