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A swarm of the seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) carried on a cruise ship

European Journal of Entomology, 2010
Several thousands of the seven-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata L., descended upon a cruise ship over several hours in daylight while in port in Morocco in April 2009. The ship had recently arrived from South America.
Dan MINCHIN
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First report of Coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve and connected agricultural fields in Jammu

Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research
The present study reveals that Predatory ladybird beetles are being utilized for the application of biological control in many agricultural and horticultural fields globally.
Anosh Ali, Mohd Yousuf, Akhtar Ali Khan
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Automatic ladybird beetle detection using deep-learning models

, 2023
Fast and accurate taxonomic identification of invasive trans-located ladybird beetle species is essential to prevent significant impacts on biological communities, ecosystem functions, and agricultural business economics.
Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Giovani Ramon, Francisco Calderon, Daniel Riofrío, Noel Pérez, Miguel Coimbra, josé Luis Rojo Álvarez, Diego Benítez, Pablo Venegas   +8 more
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Local and landscape factors differentially influence predatory arthropods in urban agroecosystems

Ecosphere
Like other urban green spaces, urban community gardens can act as biodiversity refugees, especially for small organisms like arthropods. In turn, arthropods can provide important ecosystem pest control services to these agroecosystems.
Heidi Liere, Sanya Cowal
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Characterization and transcriptional analysis of a subtelomeric satellite DNA family in the ladybird beetle Henosepilachna argus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2017
Satellite DNAs are the major repetitive DNA components in eukaryotic genomes. Although satellite DNA has long been called "parasite DNA" there is substantial evidence that it could be associated with some functions of chromosome biology. Ladybird beetles
Pablo MORA, Jesús VELA, Areli RUIZ-MENA, Teresa PALOMEQUE, Pedro LORITE   +4 more
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Safety of some biopesticides towards ladybird beetles and rove beetle on cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) [PDF]

Field trials were conducted at the Agricultural Research Station, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, SOADU, Binjhagiri, Khurdha, during the rainy season of 2022 and winter of 2022-23 to evaluate the safety of five biopesticides on predators in cowpea ...
Bhubanananda, Adhikari, Abdulla, Mandal S M, Biswojit, Mishra, Soubindra Kumar, Padhi   +3 more
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LPF: a framework for exploring the wing color pattern formation of ladybird beetles in Python. [PDF]

Bioinformatics, 2023
Lee D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Laboratory risk assessment of Beauveria bassiana AAD16 on two species of ladybird beetle.

PLoS ONE
Beauveria bassiana AAD16, isolated from Allomyrina dichotoma, shows promise as a mycoinsecticide against various coleopterans. However, assessing non-target impacts on beneficial beetles like ladybirds is crucial before commercialization.
Md Rajib Hasan, Md Rasel Raju, Un Taek Lim   +2 more
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Ultra-structure of antenna, eye, mouthparts and sensilla of Cheilomenes sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781 (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera)

Journal of Threatened Taxa
Cheilomenes sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781 is a well-known ladybird beetle that feeds primarily on aphids, mealy bugs, phytophagous mites, scale insects, and other small insects and is an important bio-control agent of aphids. Evolution in the structure of
Prakash Ghagargunde, Mandar S. Paingankar   +1 more
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Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region [PDF]

ZooKeys
Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) are a species-rich, ecologically diverse and economically important group of insects. A new ladybird genus of Scymnini, Reniscymnus gen.
Feng Peng, Mingjie Tang, Xingmin Wang, Xiaosheng Chen   +3 more
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