Ladybugs

Ladybugs, ladybirds, lady beetles — no matter what you call them, these insects are one of the most beneficial in the Florida garden. Ladybugs are voracious predators of harmful garden pests, mainly aphids, but they will also eat other small, soft-bodied insect larvae, insect eggs, and mites.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Featured Creatures: Ladybugs (Ladybirds)
• Q&A: Overrun with "Ladybugs?"

UF/IFAS Publications

• Biological Control Successes in Florida (PDF)
• Beneficial Insects and Mites
• Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
• Ladybugs Take Over for Pesticides (PDF)
• Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Natural Enemies and Biological Control

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Beneficial Insects

Other Sites

• Biological Control: Lady Beetles--Cornell University Department of Entomology
• Encouraging Ladybugs--Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticide
• Lady Beetle--Ohio State University Extension
• Ladybugs--University of Kentucky Entomology
• Multicolored Asian Ladybug--University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• What the Heck Are All These Ladybugs Doing in My House?--Texas Cooperative Extension
• When Good Bugs Go Bad: Ladybugs in the Home--Iowa State University Extension