Ecologists Search For Invasive Ladybird’s Weak Spot
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 13:07
in Biology & Nature
Ecologists have discovered that – as well as being larger, hungrier and more aggressive than most British native ladybirds - the invasive alien harlequin ladybird is also more resistant to fungal disease and a parasitic wasp, two common natural enemies of native ladybirds.