11. Both the larvae and adults of lady beetles ( family Coccinellidae ) feed on aphid colonies. 12. The bigheaded ants feed on dead insects, small invertebrates and lady beetle larvae and lepidopteran larvae. 13. Lady beetle larvae have no brightly colored shells.14. It is similar in appearance to other lady beetles , oval-shaped and bearing eight black spots on each elytron. 15. Extension researcher T . X . Liu plans to begin testing the IGRs'effects on lady beetles in August. 16. "H . axyridis ", like other lady beetles or ladybirds, uses allergic rhinoconjunctivitis when exposed to these beetles. 17. Aphids may also be controlled by the release of natural enemies, in particular lady beetles and parasitic wasps. 18. The Asian lady beetle is slightly larger than many native species, at about one-third of an inch long. 19. It is one of the few North American lady beetles that feed on plants rather than other insects. 20. The multicolored Asian lady beetle is turning the cute insect that's a blessing to gardeners into a polka-dotted pest.
