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Resource Manual on IPPM in Vegetable
World Education Philippines, Inc.
The small (10mm) red and black beetle is common in all cultivated ecosystems in the
tropics and feeds on eggs and other soft-bodied insects. It moves quickly over the foliage
and often drops from the plants when disturbed.
Name: Philonthus sp.
Family: Staphylinidae
Order: Coleoptera
The staphylinid is larger (12-14 mm), less abundant and less
colorful than Paederus fuscipes.
Ladybeetles are abundant members of the community of predatory insects that are
common to vegetable and soybean fields in Southeast Asia. With few exceptions, adults
and larvae are predaceous. There are a number of species that can be identified by their
distinct color patterns. However, color patterns may be quite variable in some groups.
Ladybeetles feed on aphids, eggs of lepidopterans and other small soft-bodied insects.
They may also use pollen and nectar as sources of energy.
Name: Micraspis lineate (Thunberg)
Family: Coccinellidae
Order: Coleoptera
This brightly colored orange and black ladybeetle (5 mm) can be
abundant in soybean and mungbean. They are often seen
feeding on nectarines of mungbean.
Name: Coccinella transversalis F.
Family: Coccinellidae
Order: Coleoptera
The larvae within this group are brightly colored yellow and black. Members of this
group are larger than Micraspis, however, the behavior and biology of both genera are
quite similar. Color patterns may be somewhat variable as with many other ladybeetles.
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