Ladybugs of Minnesota
This poster illustrates 42 of the more than 50 species of ladybug known to occur in Minnesota. All across Minnesota
and eastern North America, certain native ladybugs are disappearing! In just the last 20 years, some of these beneficial
predators of farm and garden pests have become extremely rare. This rapid decline is of great concern. If we can find
where the rare Nine-spotted, Two-spotted, and Transverse ladybugs still live, we may learn why this has happened and
still be able to save them. At the Lost Ladybug Project website lostladybug.org, you can learn how to catch, photograph,
and send images of ladybugs and be part of the database. Every ladybug you find (over 400 species in the United States),
rare or common, native or exotic, is important.
Scymnus
fraternus
2.43 mm
Scymnus
lacustris
1.31 mm
Hyperaspis
binotata
3.45 mm
Scymnus
tenebrosus
2.24 mm
Hyperaspis
bigeminata
2.88 mm
Hyperaspis
brunnescens
2.40 mm
Hyperaspis
undulata
2.28 mm
Anisosticta
bitriangularis
3.50 mm
Chilocorus
stigma
4.38 mm
Hyperaspis
inflexa
2.33 mm
Brachiacantha
tau
4.95 mm
Brachiacantha
albifrons
3.45 mm
Brachiacantha
ursina
3.50 mm
Brachiacantha
decempustulata
2.25 mm
Hippodamia
convergens
5.75 mm
Hippodamia
Brumoides
septentrionis septentrionis glacialis glacialis
6.75 mm
2.95 mm
Hippodamia
Hippodamia
tredecimpunctata tibialis q. quinquesignata
5.45 mm
5.50 mm
Hippodamia
quindecimmaculata
6.25 mm
Hippodamia
parenthesis
4.68 mm
Olla
v-nigrum
4.90 mm
Psyllobora
vigintimaculata
2.38 mm
Anatis
labiculata
8.35 mm
Anatis
mali
8.65 mm
Coleomegilla
maculata lengi
5.40 mm
Coccinella
hieroglyphica kirbyi
4.20 mm
Coccinella
trifasciata perplexa
4.50 mm
Mulsantina
hudsonica
4.24 mm
Mulsantina
picta
4.32 mm
Cycloneda
munda
4.70 mm
Coccidula
lepida
3.10 mm
Macronaemia
episcopalis
3.50 mm
Coccinella
novemnotata
5.85 mm
(Nine-Spotted)
Coccinella
Coccinella
transversoguttata richardsoni monticola
6.10 mm
6.40 mm
(Transverse)
Hippodamia
variegata
5.0 mm
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Adalia
bipunctata
4.35 mm
(Two-Spotted)
ve
Calvia
quatuordecimguttata
4.75 mm
ve
Myzia
pullata
7.25 mm
Coccinella
septempunctata
7.15 mm
Harmonia
axyridis
6.12 mm
This poster adapted from the Ladybugs of South Dakota Poster. (rev 7/16/14)
This project was funded in part by the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
as amended, by NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, in
Conjunction with Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program.