Introduction
In recent years, our cities and countryside are invaded by lady beetles presenting various colors. These Asian lady beetles are well adapted to our country since their introduction in the late 90s. Invited originally in Belgium to help our growers to control aphids, Harmonia axyridis is now attacking our native lady beetles and sometimes cause significant damage to fruit orchards. Numerous Belgians see their homes being invaded by numerous individuals. e.
Asian lady beetles invasion (French movie) ?
‘Harmonia’ (French movie)
Realized by Fr Verheggen
Are you a victim of lady beetles invasions ?
Lady beetles have entered your house? They invade your windows, walls, furniture? They annoy you with their number or odors ?
Above all, avoid insecticides in your home, in order to preserve the health of its occupants. Of course the best way to avoid hosting lady beetles is to prevent them from entering, but we do not always have the means to replace the chassis. The ideal is to use a vacuum cleaner. Place a stocking inside the tube so as to collect them easily. Then put them in a freezer. Do not crush them, they leave on their support yellow spots that are difficult to clean.
Does the Asian lady beetles live in agricultural crops in Belgium ?
The Asian lady beetle preferentially lives in wooded areas. However this exotic and invasive species reproduce and feed into agricultural crops such as wheat, potatoes, corn and bean. More abundant in corn and bean, it has become in 10 years one of the five most abundant species that can be observed in agricultural habitats. Besides being invasive, this predator attacks the other consumers of aphids species. The assessment of its impact on the local insect fauna is currently underway.
Our latests publications on Harmonia axyridis
Vandereycken, A., Durieux, D., Joie, E., Francis, F., Haubruge, E., & Verheggen, F. (2015). Aphid species and associated natural enemies in field crops: what about the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)? Entomologie Faunistique = Faunistic Entomology, 68. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/175740
Fassotte, B., Fischer, C., Durieux, D., Lognay, G., Haubruge, E., Francis, F., & Verheggen, F. (2014, December 16). First Evidence of a Volatile Sex Pheromone in Lady Beetles. PLoS ONE. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/176712
Durieux, D., Fassotte, B., Fischer, C., Lognay, G., Haubruge, E., & Verheggen, F. (2014). Is Contact Between Conspecifics Involved in the Cohesion of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Aggregations? Journal of Insect Behavior, 27(1), 1-13. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/157373
Durieux, D., Fassotte, B., Vanderplanck, M., Brostaux, Y., Fischer, C., Lognay, G., Haubruge, E., & Verheggen, F. (2014). Is conspecific substrate marking a long-term external memory of previously colonized overwintering sites in Harmonia axyridis? Journal of Applied Entomology, 138(5), 338-345. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/170119
Durieux, D., Fassotte, B., Deneubourg, J.-L., Brostaux, Y., Vandereycken, A., Joie, E., Haubruge, E., & Verheggen, F. (2014). Aggregation behavior of Harmonia axyridis under non-wintering conditions. Insect Science. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/178694
Durieux, D., Fassotte, B., Vanderplanck, Deneubourg, J.-L., Fischer, C., Lognay, G., Haubruge, E., & Verheggen, F. (2013). Substrate Marking by an Invasive Ladybeetle: Seasonal Changes in Hydrocarbon Composition and Behavioral Responses. PLoS ONE, 8(4). http://hdl.handle.net/2268/146677
Vandereycken, A., Durieux, D., Joie, E., Sloggett, J., Haubruge, E., & Verheggen, F. (2013). Is the multicolored Asian ladybeetle, Harmonia axyridis, the most abundant natural enemy to aphids in agroecosystems? Journal of Insect Science
Vandereycken, A, Brostaux, Y, Joie, E, Haubruge, E, & Verheggen, F. (2013). Occurrence of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in field crops. European Journal of Entomology, 110(2). http://hdl.handle.net/2268/143517
Vandereycken, A, Durieux, D, Joie, E, Haubruge, E, & Verheggen, F. (2012). Habitat diversity of the Multicolored Asian ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in agricultural and arboreal ecosystems: a review. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement = Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment [=BASE], 16(4), 553-563. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/135917
Durieux, D, Fischer, C, Brostaux, Y, Sloggett, J, Deneubourg, J.-L, Vandereycken, A, Joie, E, Wathelet, J.-P, Lognay, G, Haubruge, E, & Verheggen, F. (2012). Role of long-chain hydrocarbons in the aggregation behaviour of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/119270
Leroy, P, Heuskin, S, Sabri, A, Verheggen, F, Farmakidis, J, Lognay, G, Thonart, P, Wathelet, J.-P, Brostaux, Y, & Haubruge, E. (2012). Honeydew volatile emission acts as a kairomonal message for the Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Insect Science. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/114892
Sloggett, J, Magro, A, Verheggen, F, Hemptinne, J.-L, Hutchison, W, & Riddick, E. (2011). The chemical ecology of Harmonia axyridis. BioControl, 56, 643-661. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/98836
Leroy, P, Schillings, T, Farmakidis, J, Heuskin, S, Lognay, G, Verheggen, F, Brostaux, Y, Haubruge, E, Francis, F, & Joseph, M. (Other coll.). (2011). Testing semiochemicals from aphid, plant and conspecific: attraction of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) in wind-tunnel experiments. Insect Science, 00, 1-11. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/80060
Sloggett, J, Magro, A, Verheggen, F, Hemptinne, J.-L, Hutchison, W, & Riddick, E. (2011). The chemical ecology of Harmonia axyridis. In H., Roy, R., Ware, L., Handley-Lawson, P., De Clercq, & E., Wajnberg (Eds.), Invasive arthropod predators and parasitoids: an ecological approach. Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/80772
Vandereycken, A, Durieux, D, Joie, E, Haubruge, E, & Verheggen, F. (2010). Occurrence de la coccinelle asiatique (Harmonia axyridis Pallas), espèce invasive, dans les agro-habitats en 2009. Entomologie Faunistique = Faunistic Entomology, 63(4), 251-258. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/105611
Almohamad, R, Verheggen, F, Francis, F, & Haubruge, E. (2010). Intraguild interactions between the predatory hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae) and the Asian ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): Effect of larval tracks. European Journal of Entomology, 107, 41-45. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/25554
Leroy, P, Francis, F, Verheggen, F, Capella, Q, Fagel, Q, & Haubruge, E. (2008). La coccinelle à deux points (Adalia bipunctata), le chrysope commun (Chrysoperla carnea) et le syrphe ceinturé (Episyrphus balteatus), nos principaux prédateurs indigènes plutôt que la coccinelle asiatique (Harmonia axyridis) exotique et invasive dans nos écosystèmes. L’Erable du CNB. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/4036
Verheggen, F, Fagel, Q, Heuskin, S, Lognay, G, Francis, F, & Haubruge, E. (2007). Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of the multicolored asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis pallas, to sesquiterpene semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 33(11), 2148-2155. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/20846
