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Lady Beetles (Hippodamia convergens)
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Lady Beetles (Hippodamia convergens)
Did You Know?
The life cycle of the lady beetle
(Hippodamia convergens)
is one year. Eggs, laid in the spring, develop into darkish gray larvae with orange spots. The soft-bodied, carrot-shaped, spiny larvae appear quite unlike the round, hard-bodied adults, yet both have a voracious appetite for aphids. It has been claimed that a convergent lady beetle is capable of eating more than 50 aphids a day when actively feeding.
Adult lady beetles appear during the first week of June. They are active crawlers and fliers and can disperse nearly 5 miles in as little as 3 days. Throughout the spring and autumn, adults are abundant in the fields. However, as winter approaches they migrate to the mountains, where they congregate in large numbers priorto winter hibernation.
For about 9 months while in hte mountains, the adults do not feed, but live off stored fat. The ability to undergo long periods of fasting under cool temperatures has allowed humans to conveniently store
H. convergens
under refrigeration for months.
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Hippodamia convergens.
Well-known predator of aphids. Often used for biological pest control.
Diet
is packaged in a 1-L bag with mixing instructions.
Item #
Product
Qty
Price
144220
Lady Beetles (Hippodamia convergens), Living, Pack 25
$7.50
144222
Lady Beetles (Hippodamia convergens), Living, Pack 100
$22.95
144230
Lady Beetles Diet, 1 L
$21.25
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