This is a close-up of the first specimen of the Asian Ladybird beetle to be found in Pennsylvania, October 12, 1993. A photo of me and the beetle appeared in the Lancaster New Era on October 28, 1994. This photograph came from the same article. This is a passage from the article pertaining to my discovery of the insect. This is the photo of Ad Crable, the author of the story.
Ad is an avid outdoorsman who writes wonderful articles about many nature related stories.
This is a close up uf the specimens sent to me from the Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture. This photo is from the newspaper story alerting residents of Pennsylvania to keep an eye out for this beetle. This article is from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, February 20, 1994. This is a page from an Australian website pertaining to the Australian ladybird beetle with reference to the Asian ladybird beetle. This is a page from a University of Massachusettes at Amherst edition of their Campus Chronicle pertaining to the Asian ladybird beetle.