MEA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Harmonia Axyridis, Pesticide
31 Jan 2019
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The harmonia axyridis, more commonly known as the asian lady beetle, is a species native to japan, Korea, china, and mainly russia, along with the surrounding areas. Lady beetle into this country to control invasive species like aphids and other scale insects that were harming crops and other plants. Having only been introduced to this country in ----, these beetles have shown up everywhere. You can find the asian lady beetle throughout your house during the months of. These relatively new invasive species are even where you wouldn"t think to look, like in the walls and the cracks of windows, and under appliances. There seems to be no way to get rid of them. There are ways to prevent this highly invasive species. To start, you could just vacuum or clean them up as you clean your house. It wouldn"t do much in the long run, but you would see the difference in the short.
