Also known as Twice-Stabbed Lady Beetle, Two-Stabbed Lady Beetle, California Twice-Stabbed Ladybeetle
California twice-stabbed lady beetles are voracious predators featuring shiny black, dome-shaped wing covers accented by two bright red spots. Both adults and grubs specialize in consuming scale insects, making them valuable biological control agents in orchards, gardens, and woodlands. When threatened, they drop from foliage or secrete a bitter fluid from their leg joints to deter hungry predators.
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Not EvaluatedConservation statusIUCN Red List categoriesLCNTVUENCREWEXNot Evaluated — not placed on the risk ladderRed List categories, explained →
