Harmonia Axyridis Pins and Buttons

Lady-beetle pupa (Harmonia axyridis)

Harmonia axyridis - Asian ladybeetle - mating on a leaf

Take a good look, because the last thing you want to do is kill these forest and garden allies before they reach maturity... One nymph will eat about 400 aphids in the three weeks before it pupates and changes into an adult Ladybird. An adult ladybird bug or beetle will eat more than 5,000 aphids in its lifetime! So don’t panic when you see these prehistoric looking creatures on your plants... :-)