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Cryptolaemus

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Cryptolaemus
Larva of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
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Cryptolaemus

Mulsant, 1853

The genus Cryptolaemus consists of predatory beetles of the family Coccinellidae, whose larvae and adults mostly prey upon scale insects on ornamental plants.

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