It’s easy to confuse ladybugs with Asian lady beetles. Both have bright, colorful shells with black spots. Both help to brighten up your garden. And regardless of which one you encounter, you should ...
The Asian Lady Beetles (Harmonia axyridis) aka the Halloween beetles look very similar to more common ladybugs, but they are generally bigger and with more spots. Ladybugs typically spend the warmer ...
The ladybug that slipped into your home to stay warm for winter is no lady and no bug. Instead, it is likely the multicolored Asian lady beetle. The small, roundish insect with black spots is often ...
I grew up calling the bright, red beetle with black spots on its wings a lady bug. I have heard people call them ladybirds, and I never understood why someone would call a bug a bird. Since I’m ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Colorful beetles that resemble ladybugs — dubbed Asian lady beetles — have appeared in large numbers in some eastern states, including New Jersey, due to warm fall weather, ...
Not all ladybugs are created equal. Asian lady beetles look a lot like classic red ladybugs but behave more like pests, especially when they gather in large numbers in houses and leave behind odors ...
As summer turns into fall, you may start noticing ladybugs inside your home, only they're not ladybugs. Ladybugs have a similar looking relative that causes ladybugs to get the blame for infestations ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Spotting lots of ladybugs coming out of cracks and holes in your home as the autumn chill settles in? These are not the seven-spotted ones that Tennessee adores. The beetles ...
We’ve already had cicadas, ticks, mosquitoes and spotted lanternflies bugging us this year. And now residents of the Northeast could be bracing for another annoyance — swarms of multicolored Asian ...
Instead of buying sleeping lady beetles from California, it makes more sense to provide an environment that is inviting to our local lady beetles. Ladybugs are a gardeners friend in the battle against ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: A Harlequin Ladybird prepares to take flight on November 3, 2016 in London, England. Harlequin Ladybirds are an invasive species original from Asia and have been seen in ...