Red Flour Beetle

The red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. It is a pest, which attacks on stored grain, flour, cereals, pasta, biscuits, beans, and nuts.

Red Flour Beetles

Red Flour Beetle Larva

What do Ladybugs Eat?

What do Ladybugs Eat? Ladybugs eat a variety of things, but of course their favorite and primary food is aphids. Both the adult ladybug and their larvae love to eat aphids. A single ladybug can eat up to 5000 aphids, which means they're invaluable to farmers gardeners trying to control an aphid population. If the aphids are not handy, then they will search for scales, mites and larvae of other bugs. Besides these, they also feed on fruit juice, nectar and pollen. A few ladybug species, like the Mexican bean beetle and 28-spotted potato Ladybug are pests species feeding on foliage. Even the seven spotted ladybugs feed on foliage, when other sources of food is scare, as you see in the last picture.

What do Ladybugs Eat?

Green Metallic Beetle

This Green Metallic Beetle is Chiloloba acuta the only member in the genus Chiloloba. It belongs to subfamily Cetoniinae (Flower chafers beetles) in the family Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles). It has a stout hairy body, usually having shiny, metallic green color. Adults occasionally feed on cereal crops like sorghum and maize, while their larvae generally feed on roots of grasses. It's commonly known as green flower chafers beetle or more broadly green scarab beetle.

Green Metallic Beetle

Flea beetle

Flea beetle is a common name applied to the small, jumping beetles in the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle family). They make up the tribe Alticini, in the subfamily Galerucinae.
 The Flea beetle here is Aulacophora  lewisii. Aulacophora  lewisii is about 6.5 mm long. The head, pronotum, abdomen, legs and antennae are orange-yellow, elytra black, shorter than the abdomen.

Flea Beetle

Lesser Grain Borer - Rhyzopertha dominica

The Lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) is a beetle in the family Bostrichidae. The a-d-u-l-t beetle is dark reddish-brown and about 2.5-3 mm long. The head is concealed beneath the  prothorax and is invisible when viewed from above. It is a very destructive and widespread pest of wheat and other stored grains. It bores through grains. It's consider more destructive than Rusty grain beetle and Granary weevil. Being a strong flies they can easily migrate from one grain storage to another.

Lesser Grain Borer - Rhyzopertha dominica

Net-winged Beetles

The Net-winged Beetles is a collective name used for the beetles in the family Lycidae, with in the insect order Coleoptera. They are elongated, soft-bodied, brightly colored beetles usually found on flowers or stems. The head is triangular and the antennae are long, thick and serrate. The adults feed either on plant juices or on other insects. Their predacious larvae grow under wet bark or in leaf litter.

Net-winged Beetles

Clytra atraphaxidis

Clytra atraphaxidis is a species of  beetles in the family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles), subfamily Cryptocephalinae. They have a body length of about 7-10 mm. The adult beetles feed on leaves. The larvae are myrmecophile i.e. associated with ants.

Clytra atraphaxidis (Case-bearing Leaf Beetle)

Hippodamia variegata

The Hippodamia variegata is a species of ladybugs belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae. It's about 6-8mm long. It's black head with white pattern. The pronotum is also black with white border and two spots. The elytra are orange with 13 black spots. It's known by a number of common names including Adonis' Ladybird, Spotted Amber Ladybird, White Collared Ladybird and Variegated ladybird. Like the most species of lady beetles, it's also a farmers and gardeners friendly species that feed on aphids.

Ladybug-Hippodamia variegata

Hippodamia variegata

Hippodamia variegata Mating

Hippodamia variegata Mating

Hippodamia variegata Adult and larva Feeding on Aphids

Hippodamia variegata Eggs

Hippodamia variegata Larva

Metallic Green Ground Beetle

This Metallic Green Ground Beetle (Harpalus affinis) is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae (ground beetle), Subfamily Harpalinae and Tribe Harpalini. It has a body length of up to 12 mm. The adult beetle is shiny metallic green and that's why it's commonly known as "Metallic Green Ground Beetle". The adult beetle feeds on seeds, while the larva is a predator of small soil invertebrates.

Metallic Green Ground Beetle-Harpalus affinis

Lightning Bugs

The Lightning Bugs or Fireflies are small, luminescent, carnivorous beetles in the family Lampyridae. There are more than 2000 species of Lightning Bugs, worldwide. They are mostly found in tropical areas of the world around water resources such ponds, lakes, streams and rivers.
They produce heatless flashes of greenish-yellow light. Their glow has three main functions i.e. to attract prey, to discourage predators, and the most important is to attract mates.
According to an article in "The Time of India" The main reason of their decreasing population is the artificial light which makes fireflies' flashes less evident and they fail to communicate with their mate properly. Other reasons include loss of habitats and excessive use of pesticides.
The species exists in our area has orange color, with black tip on the wing case. It's commonly know as "Black-tipped Firefly". Most probably, it's a species in the genus Pteroptyx, subfamily Luciolinae. It's about 8 mm long. Both males and females are capable of flight. Their larvae feed on snails and slugs. In Urdu it's called "Jugnu" (جگنو).

Lightning Bugs (Pteroptyx sp.)

Female

Female

Female

Male

Male

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle (Hydrophilus triangularis) is a species of semi-equatic beetles in the family Hydrophilidae.

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle

Ambrosia Leaf Beetle-Zygogramma tortuosa

The Ambrosia Leaf Beetle (Zygogramma tortuosa) is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles), subfamily Chrysomelinae, tribe Chrysomelini, subtribe Doryphorina. Ambrosia Leaf Beetle is an effective biological control agent of Parthenium hysterophorus (Whitetop Weed), an unwanted plant in the Asteraceae family, that affects crop production, livestock and human health. Both the adults and larvae of Ambrosia Leaf Beetle feed on the Parthenium hysterophorus leaves and defoliate the plants to a considerable degree.

Ambrosia Leaf Beetle (Zygogramma tortuosa)

Ambrosia Leaf Beetle Mating Pair

Female Ambrosia  Leaf Beetle with  Eggs

Red Turnip Beetle-Entomoscelis americana

Red Turnip Beetle (Entomoscelis americana) is a small striped beetle in the family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) that attacks on plants in mustard family, such as turnips, radishes, rapeseed, cabbages, flixweed and canola etc. The adult beetle is about 7 to 10 mm long. It has a bright red head and wing cases, with a black patch just behind the head and three black stripes on their back. The remaining body is black.

Red turnip beetles-Entomoscelis americana