Bug FAQCream-streaked Ladybird
Harmonia quadripunctata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Coccinellidae
Also called: Four-spot Ladybird, Cream-streaked Ladybird Beetle, Four-spot Ladybird [Harmonia quadripunctata], Four-spotted Lady Beetle
The cream-streaked ladybird is a relatively large ladybird, about 5.5 to 6 mm long. It is usually bright red, brown or yellow and many individuals show vertical pale streaks on the wing covers.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Colour varies from bright red, brown or yellow to almost black, and many have pale vertical lines on the elytra.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Adults measure 5.5 to 6 mm in length.
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Where it lives
They live in pine forests from lowlands up to hills.
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What it eats
They are predators of aphids such as Lachnus pinicola.
Source: Wikipedia
Life cycle
Adults are active from March to October and overwinter under bark of deciduous and coniferous trees.
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When you see it
Activity period runs from March through October.
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Where it comes from
Their range covers most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm and the Near East.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 3 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
More photos
Same family (Coccinellidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia_quadripunctata
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
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