🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

Hesperomyces harmoniae ex Harmonia axyridis

#Hesperomycesharmoniae #Hesperomyces #Harmoniaaxyridis #AsiatischerMarienkäfer #harlequin #Coccinelleasiatique #coccinellaarlecchino #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

2024-10-29 - Asian Lady Beetle - This little beetle was a little camera shy and kept trying to hide behind the plants stem.

#asianladybeetle #beetle #harmoniaaxyridis #insect #insectphotography #macro #macrophoto #photo #photography

Harlequin trying to blend in 🐞

#Harlequin #LadyBug #Gerbera #Bugs #Photography #HarmoniaAxyridis #MarienKäfer

#Harmonine is a defense compound produced by the #Asian #ladybeetle #Harmoniaaxyridis
It is an important factor in beetle #immunity and has #BroadSpectrum #antimicrobial #activity #inhibiting the growth of #mycobacteria and demonstrating #multistage #antimalarial activity
The Asian lady beetle uses harmonine as a general hygiene measure, but switches to an effective defense strategy based on dozens of peptides when threatened

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297383/

https://www.mpg.de/7246516/Asian-lady-beetles

The multicolored #Asian #ladybeetle #harmoniaaxyridis A review of its #biology uses in #biological #control and non-target #impacts

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524671/

#link to the #paper #openaccess

https://watermark.silverchair.com/jis3-0032.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA18wggNbBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNMMIIDSAIBADCCA0EGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMGPDldRoGi3h26ZWaAgEQgIIDEquTfkMATqG14SQp3-YG09uyNV9-1DLcj4jkKR_SpNEpLm3YrAkOfmo2vwm2QSAxp6Vl4oUxdvM3nMXNDUVFgQ1P7mEpMqjlxIb0zLiVZ4ngPIbtllQgo97qsy0BQkHYn8nvWbKq_lQloFlzo4Q_hLssZXMFVpAqIlBXFaVxiJIIv7j1suENKPtv_Nkjak04vY4dN4ZpgabK-zWLnoxrkFUXqDdNMmo-cn98Qm-H47U3kLZo7IVQqLWsCG8pHzyVr_M84gU8xkJpFmyyZwxi8A0CEalXLQma026zq_xe_QNQ2BhKnYOZgizuxRojF6_sgp3LQuaWCyyfN8vezVpmI4L3oHIsz-ffv8TWs93g41RoG8KloiRr2HQQK9HL5FdqpvGBHrCTDYgbKnR1xaXuBrmE2J9oj2BFwe_CfARu3tv8xtMrj_HQHwZ_ZYqWNwF_8l4GVMSPj3-mE8hTJWrttv2BhhNeMrBzEsC91CSAGEg75ELgLA6qH0aGqMOnINxUmV8bn6Xc9wKxc7Ainr_pxYuFzXAysotTaCHchP2d5RRfH3PKu8rD8BKRkfi5wbqkCsa4acYGiadNE-JreFoRy8mnpfF6n3ahmV-8FyCjL1kiJb8ViQzAsQWuNvUkxmr3WJhWdFFVwMcNrfJHeN9AGaykZArjSgeNi2zzsv8LYUUTyAmsOPILOEVu1I79YhxrHLXEdgKM0da4OxejPBKBPQJV6iDWpGyY1M7SBbyQ9Z0RgtC-0T6EwfNNBlKVE_TSWkDprtc8xfr3-J05GwzlOC_rCVEB5ZClk8VSQv71l0DNFYWlXAQt-6w4dN8lw_3lMa7X8qgQxX7LlgfebeY6GE1g0V92BCUQLW3Qj3SSD2L4-JEf7wweK4RE62YUPPkWoTZsW7qnVPdPD3RKthMZmiD3mxcyORLoK10bzTQK62ocsSNC8xGPj1imE-QaXAeXiNUXtODfa3EU7yS53M7FfU0ClBN_wisVzVMZOP90xTk802L7RkDTS6T2TjWXGuKG8VyXj3FirngWjqMmIwJ8UbRqdg

Asian Lady Beetle / Harmonia Axyridis

Most commonly known as the harlequin or Asian lady beetle. One of the most variable species in the world. It is native to eastern Asia, but has been artificially introduced to North America and Europe to control aphids and scale insects.

Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D, Tamron 90mm, ISO 400, f7.1, 1/10s

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#naturephotography #photography
#macrophotography
#harlequinladybeetle

For those that don't know what lady bug larva look like, here's a Harmonia axyridis larva (also know as the Asian Lady Beetle). As you can see they eat aphids, so if you don't like aphids, let these guys eat them.

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