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Discover Life: Ladybird beetles
Discover Life: Ladybug identification
The Lost Ladybug Project. Citizen science project devoted to lady beetle conservation.
Original version: <17 April 2013)
Last update <11 April 2017>
Author: R.L. Rosetta, Extension Nursery Integrated Pest Management, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University
Seven-spotted ladybug eggs
Lady beetle egg cluster with newly hatched (eclosed) larva
Lady beetle larva
Lady beetle larva
Lady beetle pupa
Lady beetle pupa
Seven-spotted ladybug
Cocoon of the lady beetle parasite, Dinocampus coccinellae, beneath its lady beetle host.
Larva of the mealybug destroyer, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, larva on fern
Lady beetle larva, possibly Scymnus sp. feeding on black bean aphid on nasturtium
Western Blood-Red Lady Beetle, Cycloneda polita
Western blood red lady beetle, Cycloneda polita.
Twice stabbed ladybBeetle, Chilocorus sp.
Three-banded lady beetle, Coccinella trifasciata subversa (tentative ID)
Seven-spotted ladybug eating an aphid
Overwintering colony of Casey's lady beetle, Hippodamia caseyi. The shot was taken at McNeil Ridge on Mt. Hood at 7000 feet.