Book Fauna Palaestina 4 Year 2014 By Prof Dr Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf von Jaffa ISBN 978-9950-383-77-7

laying. Such a strategy amounts to the production of trophic eggs
(Wikipedia).
Some species in the subfamily Epilachninae are herbivores, and
can be very destructive agricultural pests (e.g., the Mexican bean
beetle). Again, in the subfamily Coccinellinae, members of the
tribe Halyziini and the genus Tythaspis are mycophagous
(Wikipedia).
Spherical or Bullet Ladybird Beetle (Oenopia conglobata) from
Palestine. Photo by Oz Rittner. http://www.nature-ofoz.com/coccinellidae.htm
While predatory species are often used as biological
control agents, introduced species of coccinellids are not
necessarily benign. Species such as Harmonia axyridis or Coccinella
septempunctata in North America outcompete and displace native
coccinellids and become pests themselves (Wikipedia).
The main predators of coccinellids are usually birds, but they are
also the prey of frogs, wasps, spiders, and dragonflies. The bright
colours of many coccinellids discourage some potential predators
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