Common name: Kidney-spot Ladybird
Scientific name: Chilocorus renipustulatus
Genus: Chilocorus 唇瓢蟲屬
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 adults are larvae predate a wide range of scale insects on various trees including Oaks, Beech, birches, willows, Alder, maples and various conifers but especially Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia L.).
Status: In the UK it is locally common throughout England and Wales, there are a few scattered records from Scotland but it is so far absent from Ireland. Typical habitats are deciduous woodland and wooded parkland but they also occur on conifers in mixed woodland and may appear on suitable trees in a wide range of habitats through the spring and summer.
048_1 2 large red spots.
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