Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae by John Howard Frank, Russell F. Mizell, III

“…Revised: April 2002. EENY170/IN327: Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae (ufl.edu) …”
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Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae by John Howard Frank, Russell F. Mizell, III

“…Revised: April 2002. EENY170/IN327: Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae (ufl.edu) …”
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Myrmecophily in Ladybirds by Amélie Vantaux, Olivier Roux, Alexandra Magro, Jérôme Orivel

“…Many coccinellid species are predators of Hemiptera; the latter is also often protected by ants. Therefore these ladybirds frequently interact with ants, and some species have become myrmecophilous. …”
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Egg Microinjection for the Ladybird Beetle Harmonia axyridis by Taro Nakamura, Yuji Matsuoka, Teruyuki Niimi

“…Here, we describe how to rear ladybird beetles in a laboratory and obtain fertilized eggs for microinjection experiments. …”
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Ladybird beetles - recent immigrants to Florida (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Michael C. Thomas, Orland J. Blanchard, Jr

“… Since the publication of the Florida beetles checklist, a few ladybird beetles have become established in the state, some well-known and extensively documented and some little noticed and previously unreported. …”
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Ladybird beetles - recent immigrants to Florida (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Michael C. Thomas, Orland J. Blanchard, Jr

“… Since the publication of the Florida beetles checklist, a few ladybird beetles have become established in the state, some well-known and extensively documented and some little noticed and previously unreported. …”
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Seven-Spot Ladybird Optimization: A Novel and Efficient Metaheuristic Algorithm for Numerical Optimization by Peng Wang, Zhouquan Zhu, Shuai Huang

“…This paper presents a novel biologically inspired metaheuristic algorithm called seven-spot ladybird optimization (SLO). The SLO is inspired by recent discoveries on the foraging behavior of a seven-spot ladybird. …”
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Laboratory risk assessment of Beauveria bassiana AAD16 on two species of ladybird beetle. by Md Rajib Hasan, Md Rasel Raju, Un Taek Lim

“…However, assessing non-target impacts on beneficial beetles like ladybirds is crucial before commercialization. Here we assessed the compatibility between ladybird beetles and B. bassiana AAD16. …”
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Interaction of Predatory Ladybird Beetle, Micraspis discolor with Nilaparvata lugens throughout Paddy Growing Seasons by Alia Natasha Hanifah, Nadia Nisha Musa, Abd Aziz Shamsudin Noraziyah, Salmah Yaakop

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Effectiveness of the entomopathogenic fungus Alternaria murispora and the predatory ladybird Harmonia convergens in controlling Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley) by Mohamed El Aalaoui, Said Rammali, Said Rammali, Fatima Zahra Kamal, Fatima Zahra Kamal, Gabriela Calin, Viorica Rarinca, Viorica Rarinca, Viorica Rarinca, Luminita Diana Hritcu, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Mohamed Sbaghi

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First report of fatty acid-derived alkaloids produced by species of the ladybird genus Scymnus (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) by Magro, Alexandra, Ramon-Portugal, Felipe, Touboul, David, Borges, Isabel, Hemptinne, Jean-Louis

“…Preliminary data indicates a de novo synthesis of the droplet compounds by these ladybirds. The results of the GC-MS analyses suggest that Scymnus spp. produce azamacrolides, which are fatty acid-derived alkaloids.…”
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Population of the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Pelješac Peninsula, southern Croatia by Piotr Ceryngier, Jerzy Romanowski, Justyna Szymańska, Maja Galanciak, Marta Bardzińska, Mateusz Romanowski

“…Samples of the invasive alien ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, were collected between 27 July and 8 August 2013 at four localities on the Pelješac Peninsula in southern Croatia. …”
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Winter and early spring assemblages of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in two forest habitats in suburban area of Warsaw, central Poland by Karolina Bodzon, Piotr Ceryngier

“…In both years, mean densities of ladybirds found in March in the two forest types were low, not exceeding 2 individuals/m2. …”
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A Preliminary Report on the Use of Bench-Top X-Ray Micro-Computerised Tomography to Study the Malpighian Tubules of the Overwintering Seven Spotted Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Duncan Bell, Lewis Woolnough, David Mortimore, Nick Corps, Diana M. Hudson, Mark K. Greco

“…The passage of metals such as cadmium in soil through a food chain to finally accumulate in high concentrations in ladybirds and lacewings has been previously reported. …”
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Effects of Temperature and Extraguild Prey Density on Intraguild Predation of <i>Coccinella septempunctata</i> and <i>Harmonia axyridis</i> by Xia Wen, Guizhen Gao

“…The ladybirds <i>Coccinella septempunctata</i> and <i>Harmonia axyridis</i> are important biocontrol agents for the small walnut aphid <i>Chromaphis juglandicola</i>, a key walnut pest. …”
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STUDY ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OENOPIA KIRBYI (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) IN DA LAT CITY, LAM DONG, VIETNAM by Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien, Nguyen Duc Sang, Le Thi Thanh Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thu Hue, Nguyen Thi Thuy Ngan, Tran Thi Thu Dan

“…Ladybirds are natural enemies of many agricultural crop pests, such as aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies, and thrips. …”
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Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Rickettsia symbiotic bacteria in aphids (Aphidoidea) by D. A. Romanov, I. A. Zakharov, E. V. Shaikevich

“…Spiroplasma, which we observed in A. pisum, is genetically close to male killing Spiroplasma from aphids, ladybirds and moths. Both maternal inheritance and horizontal transmission are the pathways for the distribution of facultative endosymbiotic bacteria in aphids.…”
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Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region by Feng Peng, Mingjie Tang, Xingmin Wang, Xiaosheng Chen

“…Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) are a species-rich, ecologically diverse and economically important group of insects. …”
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Reproductive Interference and Niche Partitioning in Aphidophagous Insects by Suzuki Noriyuki, Naoya Osawa

“…Secondly, we present a case study that shows how reproductive interference can drive niche partitioning in sibling ladybird species. Thirdly, we show that many ladybird genera include species inhabiting the same region but having different food and habitat preferences, raising the possibility that reproductive interference might occur in these groups. …”
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Diversity of harmful and beneficial insects on faba bean, Vicia faba L. in Assiut Governorate, Northern Upper Egypt by Hend O. Mohamed, Hassan F. Dahi, Asmaa H. Mahmoud

“…The most abundant and predominant predators’ species during the season were the eleven-spotted ladybird beetles, Coccinella undecimpunctata (44.27%) and Scymnusnubilus (35.5%). …”
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