{"id":883,"date":"2021-02-23T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/?p=883"},"modified":"2021-04-06T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T08:36:10","slug":"la-coccinella-e-gli-altri-insetti-utili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/ladybug-and-other-useful-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladybug and other useful insects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ladybug<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Coccinella septempunctata\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coleoptera with a rounded shape and bright colours. The most common one is red with black dots, whose number changes depending on the species. Its presence in gardens and kitchen-gardens is important because of its greed towards aphids, the so-called plant lice. They feed on them both at the larval and adult stages. It is estimated that a single ladybug can devour up to 5,000 aphids in a year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mason bee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Osmia spp.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Belongs to the order of the Hymenoptera and to the family of the Megachilidae (solitary bees). Mason bee has the habit of choosing some cavities as their nest, where it lays various eggs and creates the cells with mud, so that each egg is alone in its own \u201cspace\u201d. This bee is considered to be a more efficient pollinator than her \"domestic\" sister, especially on a smaller range (orchard, kitchen garden or cultivated field).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Earwig<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Forficula auricularia<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Belongs to the order of Dermaptera, its name is given by the presence of caudal forcep-like cerci, short and straight in the female, longer and curved in the male. Chooses his shelter in humid and shady places, not loving the light. It\u2019s an omnivorous insect, but more often it plays the role of predator, nourishing of eggs and larvae of many harmful insects in agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hoverfly<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Syrphus ribesii<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Small \"housefly disguised as a wasp\" belonging to the order of the Diptera, utilizes what is called \u201cprotective mimicry\u201d. It has a body with yellow and black stripes like a wasp, that\u2019s why it is easy to confuse them. They stand out thanks to the shorter antennae and the compound eyes, typical of a housefly. The Sirphidae, besides being good pollinators, at the larval stage are also hungry predators of aphids.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Green lacewing<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chrysoperla carnea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Insect belonging to the order of Neuroptera, its name means \"golden-eyed\", due to the metallic colour of its eyes. Another distinctive feature is the bright green colour of the body. They are skilled flyer and are nocturnal, feed on aphids (both in the larval and adult stage) but also on green bugs and scale insects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Black and yellow mud dauber<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sceliphron destillatorium<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Females catch, paralyzes and brings back to the nest small preys, like aphids, for nourishing the larvae. At the young stage it feed on insects, at the adult one, on nectar. The way of nidification is very similar to that of the \"cousins\" solitary bees, that is, in cavities divided by mud septa, for the deposition of the eggs. Solitary too, of peaceful nature. Unlike the wasps living in colonies, it stings only if disturbed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coccinella Coccinella septempunctata\u200b Coleottero dalla forma bombata e dai colori accesi, la pi\u00f9 comune \u00e8 quella rossa dai puntini neri sul dorso (il cui numero varia a seconda della specie). Importante la sua presenza in giardini ed orti per la voracit\u00e0 nei confronti degli afidi, i cosiddetti pidocchi delle piante. Sia lo stadio larvale, che \t ><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-bug-hotel","tag-scheda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1853,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildgardenschool.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}