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Long-tailed mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus
Added: 10 Jan 2019
Updated: 11 Feb 2019
The adventive Long-tailed mealybug has been in New Zealand for over 100 years. It lives on a wide variety of cultivated, naturalised and native plants. It is a pest on outdoor plants and those grown in greenhouses. Conse...
Loew's ladybird - Scymnus loewii
Added: 04 Apr 2019
Updated: 08 Apr 2019
This adventive ladybird comes from North and Central America and was first found in New Zealand in 1941 in Auckland. This small two toned ladybird present in the North Island of New Zealand. Conservation status: This lad...
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...
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 ...
Large spotted ladybird - Harmonia conformis
Added: 22 Sep 2016
Updated: 24 Oct 2019
This distinctive adventive ladybird is from Australia and was first released into New Zealand in 1896. It is found in Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Waikato and Whanganui in the North Island. It is found...
Small hoverfly - Melanostoma fasciatum
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Updated: 12 Sep 2016
This endemic hoverfly is present throughout New Zealand, where it occurs in grassland, vegetable crops, field crops, cereals, gardens and other habitats with low growing vegetation. The adults feed in flowers while the l...
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