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Harlequin Ladybird-Harmonia Axyridis

Native to central Asia, was used as a form of bio-control agent for aphids and scale insects in greenhouses, cornfields and gardens in many parts of the world including USA and Europe. Later found its way across the channel to the UK.

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Uploaded on October 25, 2011
Taken on July 13, 2010