Please don’t squish the ladybug larvae on your crape myrtle trees. A ladybug larva explores a scale-infested crape myrtle tree at Virginia Beach’s North End. That is the plea from Pete Schultz ...

Some are black, often with red markings. Ladybug larvae are dark and alligator-like with three pairs of prominent legs. Learn the markings well, lest you confuse them with the Mexican bean beetle ...

Q. How can I identify ladybug eggs and larvae? I purchased a container of ladybugs about 3 weeks ago and released them on my roses. I no longer see any ladybugs but I do see some other bugs ...

It is alarming how many emails I receive with a picture of a ladybug larvae, and the homeowner is waiting eagerly with their pesticide at hip, ready to spray. "Yes, you’re right," I inform them.

The larva’s about to say goodbye to its old goth look and reinvent itself. It sheds its outer layer, legs and all, to reveal a ladybug pupa. An in-between stage where it can spend some time ...

Ladybugs and lacewings look cute and beautiful. Their young, not so much. The larvae of both look like crosses between caterpillars and tiny alligators. They’re squishy like caterpillars ...

Larvae look like: Taper-headed, legless, sometimes translucent; 1/32 to ½ inch long. Ladybugs What they do: Adult ladybugs, or ladybird beetles, will eat up to 50 aphids a day, whereas ladybug ...

The larva’s about to say goodbye to its old goth look and reinvent itself. It sheds its outer layer, legs and all, to reveal a ladybug pupa. An in-between stage where it can spend some time alone ...