All across North America certain species of native ladybugs are disappearing! In just the last 20 years some of these benefi-cial predators of farm and garden pests have become extremely rare. This rapid decline is of great concern. If we can find where the rare Nine-spotted, Two-spotted, and Transverse ladybugs still live, we may learn why this has happened and still be able to save them. From the Lost Ladybug Project website (lostladybug.org) you can learn how to catch, photograph,

and send images of ladybugs and be part of the database. Every ladybug you find (over 400 species in the United States), rare or common, native or exotic, is important. Even if you collect 20 of the same species we would like to see them all because that tells us how common those ladybug species are in your area and how rare other species are. The project will continue for years to come. Collections from the same locations over the years will be especially useful.

The Lost Ladybug Project gives kids (and adults) a chance to be real citizen scientists. The pictures you send will contribute to ongoing scientific inquiry and will help us find out where the ladybugs have gone and why they have gone. At lostladybug.org you can find educational materials ranging from poetry, games, and instructions for homemade sweep nets, to data surfing and mapping. Parents and youth leaders will find this a fun way to convey concepts of biodiversity and conservation.

Ladybugs of Maine

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Microweisea misella1.22 mm

Coccidophilus marginata

1.23 mm

Stethorus punctillum

1.46 mm

Stethorus punctum punctum

1.45 mm

Didion nanum

1.65 mm

Didion punctatum

1.65 mm

Scymnus americanus

2.51 mm

Scymnus indianensis

2.03 mm

Scymnus brullei

2.38 mm

Scymnus caudalis2.31 mm

Scymnus fraternus2.43 mm

Scymnusimpexus2.43 mm

Scymnus iowensis2.47 mm

Scymnus marginicollis

1.98 mm

Scymnus punticollis

2.42 mm

Scymnustenebrosus

2.24 mm

Diomus amabilis1.63 mm

Diomus myrmidon1.88 mm

Hyperaspis bigeminata

2.88 mm

Hyperaspis binotata3.45 mm

Hyperaspis conviva3.25 mm

Hyperaspis octavia2.50 mm

Hyperaspis proba

2.50 mm

Hyperaspis signata signata

3.30 mm

Hyperaspis undulata2.28 mm

Brachiacantha decempustulata

2.25 mm

Brachiacantha dentipes5.53 mm

Brachiacantha felina

2.60 mm

Brachiacantha ursina

3.50 mm

Chilocorus stigma

4.38 mm

Coccidula lepida

3.10 mm

Naemia seriata seriata

5.35 mm

Coleomegilla maculata lengi

5.40 mm

Hippodamiaconvergens

5.75mm

Hippodamia glacialis glacialis

6.75 mm

Hippodamia parenthesis

4.68 mm

Hippodamia tredecimpunctata tibialis

5.45 mm

Hippodamia variegata4.70 mm

Anisosticta bitriangularis

3.50 mm

Adalia bipunctata

4.35 mm

Coccinella hieroglyphica kirbyi

4.20 mm

Coccinella monticola6.10 mm

Coccinella novemnotata

5.85 mm

Coccinella septempunctata

7.15 mm

Coccinella transversoguttata richardsoni

6.40 mm

Coccinella trifasciata perplexa

4.50 mm

Coccinella undecimpunctata undecimpunctata

4.50 mm

Cycloneda munda

4.70 mm

Harmonia axyridis6.12 mm

Anatis labiculata

8.35 mm

Anatis mali

8.65 mm

Myzia pullata7.25 mm

Calvia quatuordecimguttata

4.75 mm

Propylaea quatuordecimpunctata

4.35 mm

Neoharmonia venusta venusta

5.75 mm

Mulsantina hudsonica

4.24 mm

Mulsantina picta

4.32 mm

Psyllobora vigintimaculata

2.38 mm

Epilachna varivestis7.27 mm

AUTHORS: Andrei Alyokhin, Charlene Donahue, Christopher Majka, Donald S. Chandler, Guy Hanley, Terry Molengraaf, Eric Beckendorf, and Louis Hesler. This is Publication No. 3174 of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station.

This species has multiple color forms. Visit http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?guide=Ladybug&cl=llp to see some of them.

Silhouettes and measurements of median size given next to color image of each beetle.

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