Beetle, Lady-bird Beetle, Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Athens, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Barling, Arkansas
Deer, Arkansas
Hemet, California
Bear, Delaware
Saint Cloud, Florida
Villa Rica, Georgia
Madison, Illinois
La Fontaine, Indiana
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Yale, Iowa
Olathe, Kansas
Hebron, Kentucky
Bordelonville, Louisiana
Buffalo, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sandstone, Minnesota
Cole Camp, Missouri
Sullivan, Missouri
Englishtown, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Buffalo, New York
North Tonawanda, New York
Greensboro, North Carolina
Zebulon, North Carolina
Belfield, North Dakota
Athens, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Guysville, Ohio
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Summerville, South Carolina
Crossville, Tennessee
Fort Worth, Texas
Houston, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Spring, Texas
Pulaski, Wisconsin
Waukesha, Wisconsin
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RosinaBloom
CactusAnn
Chillybean
One, they are not native. Two, they try to hibernate in mass numbers in my home. It was creepy seeing my front window covered with these. It was the one and only time we hired an exterminator. If we get these again, we'll use non-chemical means. Three, they bite. Four, when the aphid numbers drop, they will take tiny bites out of peaches, nectarines, apricots. Was I miffed when I found that out! When I first saw them on the fruits, I thought they were eating pests.
About their smell... I've smelled worse, so that doesn't bother me. :) I will squish them with my bare hands if I have nothing else.
partyarty
Also if you try to kill them and scwoosh them they stink and that attract more.
Nasty little things!
Malus2006
bonitin
claypa
Native species are dwindling as this species' population is growing dramatically.
These will eat any soft-bodied insect. I've seen an adult eat a pupa of the same species here.