Four-spotted globe ladybug
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Quadrilateral ladybug ( Brumus quadripustulatus ) |
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The Vierfleckige Kugelladybug or Vierfleckige Schildlaus-Ladybird ( Brumus quadripustulatus or Exochomus q. ) Is a beetle from the family of ladybirds (Coccinellidae).
features
The beetles are three to five millimeters long, their bodies are broad, oval and arched. Their wings are black and each have two red, more rarely yellow spots. The one near the shoulder has the shape of a horseshoe or a mirror-inverted comma , the back one, near the wing cover seam, is smaller and flattened. The pronotum is also black, but the front corners can be lighter colored like the tibia and tarsi. Its antennae have nine segments and are very short.
Similar species
Occurrence
The beetles are found all over Europe to southern Norway and central Sweden and Asia . They live mainly on conifers , especially on young pines , spruces , larches and junipers , but also on deciduous trees such as hawthorn , maple and buckthorn .
Way of life
The beetles overwinter in the litter in the moss and leaves.
food
The imagines and larvae of Vierfleckigen ball Ladybugs feed on thyroid and aphids . The beetles sometimes also eat their own larvae.
literature
- Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, The Central European Beetles , Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1
- Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Beetles of Central and Northwestern Europe. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
Web links
- Brumus quadripustulatus pictures of the beetles and larvae (Dutch)