| 5471320 |
Adult(s) |
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| 5471321 |
Adult(s) |
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| 5471322 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1599337 |
Biological Control |
beneficials on peanuts |
| 5471309 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1368028 |
Pupa(e) |
Late stage |
| 1242066 |
Pupa(e) |
pupa attached to cotton leaf |
| 1242062 |
Pupa(e) |
pupa attached to cotton leaf |
| 1242065 |
Pupa(e) |
pupa attached to cotton leaf |
| 1242017 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1242016 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1368027 |
Pupa(e) |
Early stage |
| 1368029 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1242018 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1242063 |
Pupa(e) |
pupa attached to cotton leaf |
| 1242064 |
Pupa(e) |
pupa attached to cotton leaf |
| 1305013 |
Adult(s) |
with silverleaf whiteflies. The converging white marks on the prothorax give this predator its common name. |
| 1320074 |
Adult(s) |
Convergent lady beetles are imported for study at the ARS Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Laboratory in Newark, Delaware. |
| 1223023 |
Adult(s) |
close-up of eye |
| 1223022 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1222011 |
Adult(s) |
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| 1223018 |
Larva(e) |
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| 1223019 |
Larva(e) |
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| 1223020 |
Pupa(e) |
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| 1223017 |
Larva(e) |
feeding on pea aphids on vetch |
| 1223015 |
Adult(s) |
feeding on pea aphids on vetch |
| 2102023 |
Egg(s) |
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| 1223024 |
Adult(s) |
close-up of eye |
| 1223016 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 1243090 |
Larva(e) |
Larvae at egg hatch |
| 1402135 |
Adult(s) |
Both adult and larval lady beetles are important predators of aphids. Adults can consume 50 aphids per day, while larvae kill 10 to 25 per day. Adult convergent lady beetles are black with orange or red wing covers with 12 black spots (spots are sometimes indistinct). The pronotum has two converging lines and a white margin. |
| 1223021 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 1368026 |
Larva(e) |
|
| 5422192 |
Adult(s) |
Teneral adult. Second in a 3 part series, taken one hour after the previous picture. |
| 5422193 |
Adult(s) |
Teneral adult. Third in a 3 part series, taken one hour after previous picture. |
| 5422191 |
Adult(s) |
Teneral adult. First in a 3 part series. |
| 1540649 |
Pupa(e) |
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| 5407408 |
Adult(s) |
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| 5407409 |
Adult(s) |
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| 5407410 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 5407411 |
Adult(s) |
mating |
| 5403468 |
Adult(s) |
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| 5386129 |
Larva(e) |
Ladybug larva |
| 5386130 |
Adult(s) |
Adult Ladybug from the pupa above |
| 5386131 |
Adult(s) |
Adult Ladybug from the pupa above |
| 5386132 |
Larva(e) |
Ladybug larva |
| 5386133 |
Pupa(e) |
Ladybug pupa from the larva above |
| 5386134 |
Pupa(e) |
Ladybug pupa from the larva above |
| 5379930 |
Adult(s) |
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| 5367930 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 1540351 |
Pupa(e) |
|
| 1540350 |
Pupa(e) |
|
| 1540349 |
Pupa(e) |
|
| 5364249 |
Adult(s) |
Recently molted convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens), with pupal skins nearby. |
| 1481044 |
Larva(e) |
aphid predator |
| 1481048 |
Adult(s) |
aphid predator |
| 1481162 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 1481161 |
Larva(e) |
feeding on greenbug in wheat |
| 5303010 |
Life Cycle |
Top to bottom: Pupa, teneral pupa, prepupa |
| 5206064 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 5206065 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 5171078 |
Adult(s) |
pinned |
| 5171079 |
Adult(s) |
pinned |
| 1475033 |
Larva(e) |
at egg hatch |
| 1224028 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 1739028 |
Pupa(e) |
and adult |
| 2666064 |
Adult(s) |
|
| 3067022 |
Larva(e) |
feeding on cottonwood leaf beetle eggs |
