Common name: Two-spot Ladybird
Scientific name: Adalia bipunctata 二星瓢蟲
Genus: Adalia 大麗瓢蟲屬
Family: Coccinellidae 瓢蟲科, ladybirds
Suborder: Polyphaga 多食亞目, non-water beetles and weevils 象甲, 象鼻蟲
Order: Coleoptera 鞘翅目, beetles
Remarks: Both adult and larvae 2-spot are voracious aphidophages and the adults are very fecund, hence their suitability as biocontrol agents on a wide range of crops worldwide e.g. cotton, peach, potato, beans etc.
Status: It remains locally common through Europe including the U.K. but nonetheless the decline has been drastic in many areas. This decline may be due to competition with the invasive Asian Harmonia axyridis 異色瓢蟲, Harlequin Ladybird, a species known to predate the 2-spot and which has increased alongside the decline of that species.
358_1 2 spots on on elytra; black legs.
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