Harlequin Ladybird, scientifically Harmonia axyridis, is a lady beetle species also known as the Asian or multicoloured Asian lady beetle, one of the most variable lady beetle species in the world with an exceptionally wide range of color forms. Native to eastern Asia, it has been deliberately introduced to North America and Europe to control aphids and scale insects, and has since become common and spreading in those regions as well as established in Africa and widely across South America.
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System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Harmonia axyridis
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Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Harmonia axyridis (Animal Diversity Web)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Harmonia axyridis (Animal Diversity Web)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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1. Harmonia axyridis (Wikipedia)
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It is native to eastern Asia, and has been artificially introduced to North America and Europe to control aphids and scale insects.
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Similar to most ladybeetles, H. axyridis is a primarily carnivorous species, eating Hemipteran insects such as aphids.
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Harmonia axyridis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHabitat: Habitat Regions
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial
In Biome: Grassland, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest
In Biome: Temperate Forest, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest
View the Source 3. Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) (Wikipedia)
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Harmonia axyridis
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Coccinellidae, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Coccinellidae, Taxon record
"family": "Coccinellidae"
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