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Tomato potato psyllid - Bactericera cockerelli
Added: 08 Dec 2016  Updated: 06 Sep 2018
This adventive psyllid comes from Central and North America where it breeds primarily on potatoes, tomatoes and other plants in the potato family, Solanaceace. It also breeds on kumara, which is in the bindweed family, C...
Southern Ladybird - Cleobora mellyi
Added: 24 Nov 2016  Updated: 24 Oct 2019
This adventive ladybird comes from Tasmania and southern areas of mainland Australia, hence its common names. Adults and larvae live in trees feeding on soft-bodied insects and their eggs. It was released into New Zealan...
Australian solanum psyllid - Acizzia solanicola
Added: 28 Sep 2016  Updated: 12 Nov 2018
This adventive psyllid comes from Australia where it was recently discovered. It was found breeding on some non-native Solanum plants. It has since been found on native plants and other plants in the family Solanaceae. I...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Two-spotted ladybird - Adalia bipunctata
Added: 07 Sep 2016  Updated: 29 Oct 2018
The two-spotted ladybird is an adventive species from Europe. It was first found in New Zealand in Christchurch during March 1936. It is now found throughout New Zealand though it is uncommon in Auckland. It is found in ...
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 ...
Eleven-spotted ladybird - Coccinella undecimpunctata
Added: 11 Oct 2012  Updated: 29 Oct 2018
This adventive ladybird comes from the northern hemisphere. It is present in Europe, Asia and North America. It is now widespread in New Zealand, where it occurs in grasslands, vegetable crops, field crops, cereals, and ...
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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