Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)".

The dark red canes really stand out in the winter and look particularly attractive on a frosty morning. This native ladybird; Adalia bipunctata also known commonly as the two spotted ladybird can consume up to 100 aphids each day! Yes the girls loved it although I did keep our one year old away from the Big Release…she’d probably have eaten them! This option allows great control of this insidious pest as you will also be sent a small natural-fibre bag into which you place the ladybird larvae, then hang the bag in the tree or hedge.

With the Ladybird larvae guide, you can identify all the final instar larvae of these 26 species of ladybirds by eye.

The ladybirds form the majority of the species in the Coccinelloidea; many of the rest are fungus-feeding beetles or scavengers.Easy to use by simply releasing the pack contents either onto leaf surfaces or into distribution boxes the ladybird larvae are ready to go and will immediately start to move around the plant to hunt and eat aphids. Several of the most famous species have wide ranges, but others are more endemic and possibly threatened.