Ladybugs - Target Pests

Primary Target

• Aphids, including green peach aphid, melon aphid, cotton aphid, pea aphid, potato aphid, corn leaf aphid, rose aphid, and other common aphids

Secondary Targets

May provide supplemental control, particularly when prey is readily available.

• Psyllids, including potato psyllid
• Whitefly eggs, including sweetpotato whitefly and greenhouse whitefly
• Mealybugs and scale insects (crawler stage)
• Mites, including some spider mites
• Asparagus beetle eggs and young larvae
• Insect eggs, including some moth and beetle eggs
• Very young caterpillars and other small insect larvae

Occasional / Supplemental Prey

H. convergens may consume early stages of these when encountered, especially when aphids are limited.

• Leafhoppers
• Thrips
• Small caterpillars and armyworm larvae
• Beetle larvae
• Weevil larvae
• Other small, soft-bodied insects