Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Appears: Early spring through the first frost.

Beneficial: Both the larvae and adult Asian lady beetle are beneficial as they eat soft-bodied arthropods (the pests in your garden), such as aphids and scale, off of your plants. The eggs are laid on the underside of leaves on trees, roses, wheat, soybean and many other plants. You can see these beetles in your garden until early October, or the first frost, and then you will see them in your home.

Size: 7mm long, 5.5 mm wide