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Is ladybug a beneficial bug or a pest?

Published: 2024-11-23 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/23, A ladybug is a small insect that is short-ovate to round, arched on the back, and has red, black or yellow spots on its back, which usually occurs on plants. So, are ladybugs beneficial bugs or pests? Now I would like to introduce to you. Whether ladybugs are beneficial or harmful

A ladybug is a small insect that is short-ovate to round, arched on the back, and has red, black or yellow spots on its back, which usually occurs on plants. So, are ladybugs beneficial bugs or pests? Now I would like to introduce to you.

Is the ladybug a beneficial bug or a pest?

Ladybugs have both beneficial insects and pests. There are many species of ladybugs, with more than 5000 species in the world and 530 species recorded in China. According to their feeding habits, lady beetles can be divided into carnivorous, herbivorous and fungous. Among them, carnivorous ladybugs feed on aphids, herbivorous ladybugs feed on the leaves of crops, and fungous ladybugs feed on powdery mildew. It can be seen that carnivorous and fungous ladybugs are beneficial insects and herbivorous ladybugs are pests.

What are the species of ladybugs?

Ladybugs are mainly divided into three types, namely, carnivorous, herbivorous and fungous.

1. Carnivorous ladybugs: there are seven-star ladybugs, discolored ladybugs, six ladybugs, tortoise ladybugs, tortoise ladybugs, shoulder ladybugs, black red ladybugs, Australian ladybugs and so on. Among them, Coccinella septempunctata feeds on aphids and leaf mites, six ladybugs feed on aphids, large tortoise ladybugs prey on the larvae of walnut golden flower beetles, and large shoulder ladybugs prey on scale insects.

2. Herbivorous ladybugs: there are ten-star ladybug, eggplant 28-star ladybug, potato ladybug, Bo's buttocks ladybug, saw leaf buttocks ladybug and so on. Among them, Coccinella septempunctata mainly feeds on the leaves of grapes, wild grapes and berries, eggplant 28 mainly harms the leaves of Solanaceae and melon crops, and Cucurbitaceae feed on the leaves of Cucurbitaceae.

3. Fungus-eating ladybugs: there are Kirschia ladybugs, 12 spot brown fungus ladybugs and so on, all of which live on powdery mildew and so on.

Conclusion: ladybugs have both beneficial insects and pests, among which carnivorous ladybugs such as Coccinella septempunctata, heterochromatic ladybugs and six ladybugs are beneficial beetles, herbivorous ladybugs such as eggplant 28 ladybugs, potato ladybugs, Bo's buttocks ladybugs are pests, fungus-eating ladybugs such as Kirschia ladybugs, 12-spotted brown ladybugs and other beneficial insects.

 
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