Selected Web sites about the multi-colored Asian lady beetle

USDA North Central Pest Management Center's Asian lady beetle website. Fact sheet and links.
http://ncpmc.org./NewsAlerts/malb.html

New (Fall 2003) fact sheet from the University of Minnesota with photos and advice.
http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/VEGPEST/Harmonia/Harmonia.htm

Ohio State University website on Asian lady beetle. Includes various fact sheets, presentations, news and recommendations for lady beetle management in the home environment.
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ipm/lady/lady.htm

Fact sheet describing the biology and impact of Asian lady beetle as a biological control agent.
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/predators/harmonia.html

USDA ARS Fact Sheet on the Asian lady beetle
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/lbeetle/

Detailed technical instructions and diagrams for constructing a trap to collect Asian lady beetle (pdf file)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/001030.htm

Index to articles on Asian lady beetle in Midwest Biological Control Newsletter
http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/harmonia.html

Information about Asian lady beetle infestation of structures from University of Kentucky Extension
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef416.htm

High quality downloadable picture of Asian lady beetle.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/dec98/k7033-20.htm

Image gallery of common lady beetles
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/coleoptera/lady/defaulttn.html

Newsletter article for reprinting
A half-page pdf file of an article based on this website that can be reprinted and published in newsletters and other publications
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/pdf/article.pdf

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Information prepared by Michigan State University's Tom Ellis, Rufus Isaacs, Doug Landis and Joy Landis. Support provided by MSU Extension, MSU Dept of Entomology, the Michigan Dept of Agriculture, and the MSU Integrated Pest Management Program. Updated 10/09/03by landisj@msu.edu