{"id":15187,"date":"2024-03-15T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/ladybird\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T19:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:11:44","slug":"ladybird","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/ladybird\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladybird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text el_class=&rdquo;topentry&rdquo;]Ladybirds are shaped like a ball, from under which the short legs and antennae protrude. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Beetles (Coleoptera) belong to the winged insects, whose front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases (elytra). Except at the poles and in the sea, beetles are found all over the world. There are over 4,200 beetle species in the UK. See: Apple blossom weevil, flea beetle, Common asparagus beetle, asparagus beetle, Beech leaf-miner beetle,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">beetles<\/a> are usually colored black, red, yellow and orange and have dots.<br>\n<!--more-->[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1710526286250{padding-left: 18px !important;}&rdquo;]<em>Also known as:<\/em><br>\nLadybugs (North America)<br>\nLady beet<wbr><\/wbr>les[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1559920950078{padding-left: 18px !important;}&rdquo;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biopesticide against <a title=\"Aphid\" href=\"https:\/\/plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/bladluis\/\">aphids<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text el_class=&rdquo;introtxt&rdquo; el_id=&rdquo;introtxt&rdquo;]<strong>Ladybirds<\/strong> <em>(Coccinellidae)<\/em> belong to the beetles <em>(Coleoptera)<\/em> and can be recognized by the wing cases (elytra). Ladybirds are shaped like a ball, from under which the short legs and antennae protrude. The beetles are usually colored black, red, yellow or orange and have dots. Some 60 species of ladybirds can be found in Belgium and the Netherlands, ranging in size from 2 to 10 millimeters. The beetles and larvae <em>(adalias)<\/em> are predators, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/aphids\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aphids are small, plant-eating insects; see: overview aphids, aphid, black bean aphid, black cherry aphid, catalpa aphid, cabbage aphid, currant blister aphid, green peach aphid, green apple aphid, holly aphid, Hydrangea scale, Scale insect, mealybug, lettuce-root aphid, woolly beech aphid, cypress aphid.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\" class=\"encyclopedia\">aphids<\/a> are at the top of the menu. There are also a few species of herbivorous ladybirds.<br>\nLadybirds live to be about one year old. The dots say nothing about age.<br>\nThe native species hibernate in nature: in leaf litter, in the hollow stems of spent perennials or in compost heaps. In early spring, ladybirds become active again as temperatures rise.<br>\nThe Asian ladybird <em>(Harmonia axyridis)<\/em> is native to East Asia and once brought to Europe to control aphids. 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