Kimberly Stoner wrote:
> It is true that some lady beetles (or ladybugs or lady bird beetles or
> coccinellids) are plant eaters. However, there are relatively few
> herbivorous lady beetles in North America north of Mexico. Here in the
> northeast, all we have are the Mexican bean beetle (feeding on bean leaves),
> the squash beetle (feeding on squash and other cucurbit leaves and sometimes
> on squash fruit), and one other beetle, Subcoccinella sp., which is newly
> introduced and feeds on leaves of the wildflower/weed bouncing bet. I am
> not sure that any of these occurs in British Columbia, where the person
> lives who asked the question, and I wouldn't expect any of them to be likely
> to feed on plums and berries.
> Kim Stoner
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Argall Family <grargall@alphalink.com.au>
> To: sanet-mg <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 11:29 PM
> Subject: RE: yellow ladybugs/comfrey
>
> >Some ladybirds [as we call them down here] are carnivores, some herbivores.
> >
> >The beneficial ones are the carnivores, devourers of aphids, etc.
> >
> >There is one herbivorous ladybird here [called the 28 spot] which is a
> >problem with its taste for potato leaf and more.
> >
>
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