Black Lady Beetle
Rhyzobius ventralis
The adult black lady beetle lives on shrubs, trees, and garden plants where scale insects are abundant. It walks and flies between feeding patches, using chewing mouthparts to prey on scale insects and similar small pests. Its diet makes it useful as a natural biological control in orchards and ornamental plantings. The hard wing covers protect the delicate flight wings folded beneath them.
- Type
- Fang
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Black Lady Beetle