Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle – 9/28/24

Observer: Paul Lauenstein

Observation Date: 9/29/24

Observation Time: 4:00 p.m.

Observation Location: Ward’s Berry Farm

Common Name: Pink-Spotted Lady Beetle

Scientific Name: Coleomegilla maculata

Comments: The pink-spotted lady beetle feeds on the eggs of several moths that eat corn crops, so perhaps it was no coincidence that I enountered this one near a corn field at Ward’s Berry Farm. The pink-spotted lady beetle can eat around 60 moth eggs per day and helps control the populations of these agricultural pests.

Pink-spotted lady beetles help growers avoid spraying harmful chemicals on their crops. Farmers even purchase these ladybugs commercially for this purpose.

More Information: 12 Ladybugs found in Massachusetts