Coccinella magnifica
| scarce seven-spotted ladybird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Coccinella |
| Species: | C. magnifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccinella magnifica[1] Redtenbacher, 1843 | |
Coccinella magnifica is a species of ladybird beetle. Both the adults and larvae are predators. They are known for their diet of aphids, but will eat many other pests such as soft-scale insects, spider mites, mealybugs, and the eggs of many others. A single larvae will eat about 400 medium size aphids during its development to pupal stage. An adult will eat about 300 aphids before it lays its eggs. Approximately 3 to 10 aphids are eaten for each egg laid, and a female will lay from 50 to 300 eggs in her lifetime. More than 5000 aphids may be eaten by a single adult ladybug in its lifetime.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coccinella magnifica. |
- ↑ "Coccinella magnifica". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
External links
- Coccinella magnifica entry in Encyclopedia of Life
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