The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis: global perspectives on invasion history and ecology

HE Roy, PMJ Brown, T Adriaens, N Berkvens… - Biological …, 2016 - Springer
The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is native to
Asia but has been intentionally introduced to many countries as a biological control agent of …

Native ladybird decline caused by the invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis: evidence from a long‐term field study

PMJ Brown, HE Roy - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is regarded as an invasive
non‐native species in Europe, where it has been spreading rapidly since the early years of …

[HTML][HTML] Functional response and intraspecific competition of three ladybird species feeding on aphids on goji berry plants in laboratory and semi-field conditions

P Wu, J He, H Dong, R Zhang - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The aphid Aphis gossypii Glover is a serious pest that inflicts severe
damage upon goji berry plants in China. The current prevailing approach to pest prevention …

Interspecific exploitative competition between Harmonia axyridis and other coccinellids is stronger than intraspecific competition

T Zaviezo, AO Soares, AA Grez - Biological Control, 2019 - Elsevier
The invasion of Harmonia axyridis has had negative consequences on coccinellid
assemblages, with a decline in abundance and diversity, but the coexistence of invasive and …

[PDF][PDF] Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Smelling the rat in native ladybird declines.

JJ Sloggett - European Journal of Entomology, 2017 - eje.cz
In the last two decades a huge amount of research has focused on the invasive harlequin
ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, particularly on potential or actual deleterious effects that have …

Invasive alien insects represent a clear but variable threat to biodiversity

DA Clarke, MA McGeoch - Current Research in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive alien insects are an important yet understudied component of the general threat
that biological invasions pose to biodiversity. We quantified the breadth and level of this …

Intraguild predation between two aphidophagous coccinellids, Hippodamia variegata (G.) and Coccinella septempunctata L.(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): the role of …

MH Khan, Z Yoldaş - Biological Control, 2018 - Elsevier
Intraguild predation (IGP) is a common phenomenon among the predacious coccinellids
which involves a combination of predation and competition. The aphidophagous predators …

Potential for exploitative competition, not intraguild predation, between invasive harlequin ladybirds and flowerbugs in urban parks

AG Howe, HP Ravn, CB Pipper, A Aebi - Biological Invasions, 2016 - Springer
In aphidophagous insect communities invaded by the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), intraguild predation (IGP) is widely implicated in the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of Predatory Performance among Three Ladybird Species, Harmonia axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata and Hippodamia variegata, Feeding on Goji …

P Wu, J He, Y Ge, Z Liu, R Zhang - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The goji berry, Lycium barbarum L., is a prominent indigenous medicinal
plant in Northern China. The high nutrient content of fruits may make goji berry plants …

Does the non-native Harlequin ladybird disrupt the feeding behaviour of the native two-spot ladybird?

JA Hemsley, JM Holland - Bulletin of Entomological Research, 2021 - cambridge.org
Since its arrival in 2004, the non-native Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera:
Coccinellidae) has rapidly spread throughout Britain, and it is now the most common …