Orange Spotted Lady Beetle
Brachiacantha ursina
Orange Spotted Lady Beetle
Brachiacantha ursina
The Orange Spotted Lady Beetle are exquisitely tiny beetles, The Orange Spotted Lady Beetle feeds mainly on aphids, scale insects and other small, soft-bodied insects. It is a predator which specializes on aphids as an adult and larva, which it hunts in grass, shrubs and small bushes.
identification: These Beetles are usually 4mm long. They are round or oval dome-shaped, with bold markings. They are black or dark brown in colour with Yellow-Orange spots on the elytra.
They are more elongated than other members of its Genus.
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Brachiacantha
Binomial name: Brachiacantha ursina
Brachiacantha ursina
The Orange Spotted Lady Beetle are exquisitely tiny beetles, The Orange Spotted Lady Beetle feeds mainly on aphids, scale insects and other small, soft-bodied insects. It is a predator which specializes on aphids as an adult and larva, which it hunts in grass, shrubs and small bushes.
identification: These Beetles are usually 4mm long. They are round or oval dome-shaped, with bold markings. They are black or dark brown in colour with Yellow-Orange spots on the elytra.
They are more elongated than other members of its Genus.
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Brachiacantha
Binomial name: Brachiacantha ursina
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