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Cardinal ladybird - Rodolia cardinalis
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Updated: 31 Oct 2018
This Australian ladybird is found in the North Island and Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand. It is an important predator of cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi Maskell, 1879 (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) that was...
Koebele's ladybird - Rodolia koebelei
Added: 17 Nov 2016
Updated: 31 Oct 2018
This Australian ladybird is found in the North Island of New Zealand. It was first recognised in New Zealand by Peter Maddison in 2003 when he found it in Mangere, Auckland. The earliest known specimen was from a bait tr...
Cottony cushion scale - Icerya purchasi
Added: 28 Mar 2018
Updated: 14 Nov 2018
This adventive scale insect from Australia was first found in New Zealand in 1877 after which it became a serious pest on trees and shrubs, including citrus orchards, until controlled by the Australian cardinal ladybird,...
Harlequin ladybird - Harmonia axyridis
Added: 07 Nov 2016
Updated: 29 Oct 2018
This adventive ladybird of variable appearance was first found in 2016 in Auckland. Its native range is Central and Eastern Asia, but it was deliberately released into USA, Europe, South America and Middle East and has s...
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