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Long egg-sac mealybug - Paracoccus glaucus
Added: 07 May 2018
Updated: 30 Sep 2019
The endemic Long egg-sac mealybug lives on ferns and leaves of trees and shrubs in the North & South Islands. As its name suggests it has distinctive long egg sacs. Conservation status: This native mealybug is not endang...
Diomus mealybug ladybird - Diomus sp. nr subclarus
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Updated: 29 Oct 2018
This adventive ladybird was first found about 2005 by Stephen Thorpe in Devonport, Auckland. It has been found feeding on endemic and adventive species of mealybugs. Conservation status: This adventive ladybird is establ...
Native mealybug ladybird - Rhyzobius sp. 1
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Updated: 26 Nov 2018
This small unnamed endemic ladybird has only been found in regenerating coastal native forest by the Manukau Harbour and Auckland's West Coast. It feeds on mealybugs, notably the long-fringed Astelia mealybug, Rastrococc...
Red-cross mirid - Zanchius rubicrux
Added: 09 Mar 2017
Updated: 20 Mar 2017
This endemic mirid is found throughout New Zealand. It is predatory and found on a variety of plants. It occurs in city gardens and parks as well as native ecosystems. Conservation status: Widespread, not threatened.
Mealybug ladybird - Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Updated: 29 Oct 2018
This adventive ladybird was deliberately imported from Australia and released into New Zealand several times from 1897 to 1924 to control mealybugs. It is mainly found in Auckland and Northland as it does not persist in ...
Cabbage tree mealybug - Balanococcus cordylinidis
Added: 23 Jan 2019
Updated: 31 Jan 2019
The endemic Cabbage tree mealybug lives on Cabbage trees, Cordyline species in the North & South Islands. They live at the base of leaves and high numbers of the mealybugs are associated with the death of young, usually ...
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