Lady Beetles of Vermont: Invasions, Extirpations, and Recent Discoveries from Community Scientists from extinct rediscovered 2020 Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 10 min 51 sec
✓ Published: 30-Apr-2021

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Many studies in North America have reported that lady beetle (Coccinellidae) species assemblages have undergone dramatic changes over the past 50 years, likely due to the introduction of exotic lady beetle species. Some native lady beetles may now be extirpated from parts of their range. Despite these alarming trends, lady beetles have been little studied in Vermont following the publication of a checklist and county record project that was completed in 1976. We digitized historic and modern lad