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Lady Beetle

  • Scientific Name: Harmonia axyridis
  • Nicknames: Ladybug, Ladybird
  • Length: 1/32" - 3/8"
  • Color: Black, Red, White
  • Aggressive? No
  • Do They Bite? Yes, But Rare
  • Poisonous/Venomous? No
  • Disease Carrying? No
  • Invasive Species? Yes

The Ladybug

Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or ladybird beetles, are a very beneficial group. They are natural enemies of many insects, especially aphids and other sap feeders. A single lady beetle may eat as many as 5,000 aphids in its lifetime.

Adult lady beetles have very characteristic convex, hemispherical to oval shaped bodies that can be yellow, pink, orange, red, or black, and usually are marked with distinct spots. This is a type of warning coloration to discourage other animals that may try to eat them. Like many other brightly-colored insects,they are protected by an odorous, noxious fluid that seeps out of their joints when the insects are disturbed. The bright body coloration helps some predators to remember the encounter and avoid attacking insects with similar markings.

Living Spaces

Wall Voids, Trees, Attics, Fireplaces, Chimneys

Diet Choices

Aphids

Fun Fact

Introduced species released by the government to control aphids

How Do We Remove Them?

One of the pest management experts at McMahon Exterminating will visit your home and provide a proper assessment and ID the bugs that are infesting your home or property to better understand the type of insects or pests that they are dealing with to properly coordinate a plan that will work best for you.

We help educate the customer on things that they might be able to do to help deter the pests as well, and will try to prevent this from becoming a reocurring infestation.

The treatment will begin and we will monitor the situtaion closely to make sure that the numbers are being depleted in the area. When working on ladybug removal, we will use exterior perimeter treatments along with commercial strength vacuuming of voids to treat these insects.