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orange ladybug

Coccinellidae

Photo by elapj
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Field Notes

Description:

I think it's eating the aphids on our chili pepper plant.

Habitat:

Coccinellids are beneficial to gardeners in general, as they typically eat aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, and mites throughout the winter. As in many insects, ladybugs in temperate regions enter diapause during the winter, so they often are among the first insects to appear in the spring.

Species ID Suggestions

Discolored Lady Beetle

Micrapsis discolor

Comments (1)

Hi elapj, this species of Ladybird (or Ladybug) displays considerable variation in colour. If you look at my spotting https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/376758756...... it is close, in appearance to yours.

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