Mites, aphids, scale insects, spider mites, and mealybugs are in danger when ladybugs are on the case. There is a difference, however, between ladybugs native to the continent, and the Asian lady ...

Kristy Gallo, an ambassador with the nonprofit environmental organization The Xerces Society, shared more about fireflies in ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

An egg-shape trend found among birds shows up in miniature with very protective bug parents. Elongated eggs fit more compactly under mom.

Everyone knows how valuable bees are to your garden because they are pollinating your flowers. But they’re not the only ...

The Asian lady beetle, or Harmonia axyridis, is a type of ladybug that was imported from Asia to the U.S. to control the spread of garden pests, such as scale insects, aphids, and mites.

Most claimed the bug in question was an Asian lady beetle, not a ladybug. “Red is lady bug, orange is a jag bug they bite,” one said. Advertisement “Don’t continue to give a ladybug a bad rap.

Up in the mountains south of the town of Tehachapi is a little opening in the forest where tens of thousands of ladybugs gather each year to overwinter in dense clusters of orange and black beetles.

Despite their 'cute' appearance, if one considers any bug 'cute,' there are some key differences between ladybugs and Asian Lady Beetles. Sure, they both have those round bodies with little ...

The ladybug is typically lollypop red, while the Asian lady beetle is a more muted red, orange or even yellow. Also, the lady beetle’s body is slightly larger and less circular than that of the ...

Multicolored Asian lady beetles can be deep orange, red, yellow, black or mottled, with deep orange being the most common color, according to biology Professor Martin Berg, an entomologist whose ...