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rvnsbrk FLOYD, VA(Zone 6a) Aug 18, 2007

This guy was on my Brugmansia yesterday morning. He is about the size of a ladybug, maybe a bit bigger. All black. Can't figure out what he is.

Juanita

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maccionoadha Halifax, MA(Zone 6a) Aug 20, 2007

It's a type of Ladybird Beetle, but I am unsure which genus or species. Many of them have melanistic(spelling?) tendencies.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 20, 2007

I bet it's an Asian Ladybird - they have that 'W' or 'M' shape on the pronotum.

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rvnsbrk FLOYD, VA(Zone 6a) Aug 20, 2007

Thanks guys. I kind of thought it had to be some kind of a ladybird. Asian is bad though right?

Juanita

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 20, 2007

It's kind of a long story... they were introduced by the USDA, and it's not working out as they had planned. They might wind up replacing some native Lady beetles, but the Asian Lady beetles don't eat all the same pests as the natives, and the Asian species comes into people's houses, and they bite and smell bad, etc., etc...

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