INTERESTING INSECTS
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Australian citrus whitefly - Orchamoplatus citri
Added: 23 Oct 2018
Updated: 05 Nov 2018
This adventive whitefly comes from Australia. It was first found in Auckland in October 2000 and quickly spread through the North Island and has reached the top of the South Island. It is mainly found on Citrus trees, bu...
Citrus whitefly ladybird - Serangium maculigerum
Added: 17 Jan 2013
Updated: 31 Oct 2018
This adventive ladybird comes from Australia and was first found in New Zealand by Stephen Thorpe in Auckland Domain in 2005. It is present in Northland and Auckland, and spreading south. It feeds on several kinds of ins...
Citrus whitefly predator - Cybocephalus species 1
Added: 20 Nov 2017
Updated: 14 Feb 2018
This adventive beetle is a predator of whiteflies and was first found feeding on Australian citrus whitefly, Orchamoplatus citri (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on a lemon tree in an Auckland garden during 2012. It also feeds o...
Australian variable lacewing - Drepanacra binocula
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Updated: 12 Nov 2018
This adventive lacewing comes from Australia and is widespread in New Zealand. In New Zealand it is mainly found in trees and shrubs where it feeds on aphids, psyllids and whiteflies. Conservation status: The Australian ...
Steelblue ladybird - Halmus chalybeus
Added: 10 Dec 2012
Updated: 29 Oct 2018
This adventive ladybird from Australia was first released in New Zealand in 1899. It is now the most common ladybird in Auckland, widespread in the North Island and present in the North of the South Island. It is found o...
Tasmanian lacewing - Micromus tasmaniae
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Updated: 10 Aug 2017
This adventive lacewing comes from Australia and is now widespread in New Zealand. It occurs in grassland, vegetable crops, field crops, cereals and other habitats with low-growing vegetation where the adults and larvae ...
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