• Sunil Madhukar Gaikwad
• Priyanka Babpurao Patil

Ladybird Beetles are an economically important group of insects that belongs to family Coccinellidae. Predatory Coccinellidae prefers to prey on most of the destructive and important crop pests, especially the hemipteran insects. Phytophagous Ladybird species feed on leaves, flowers and various plant parts and considered them as agricultural pests. A sampling of Ladybird beetles was done from various localities of Kolhapur district. In all, 13 species were observed from various agricultural fields. Out of which, 11 are predatory and 2 are phytophagous species. Cheilomenes sexmaculata, Coccinella transversalis, Illeis cincta, Brumoides suturalis, Propylea dissecta and Scymnus nubilus are common and abundantly found species. Synona spp. is a rare species. The enormous use of insecticides kill these biological control agents, hence there is a need to apply conservation strategies for these economically important insects.

"Diversity and Association of Ladybird beetles with the agricultural crops.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.457-459, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905N68.pdf

"Diversity and Association of Ladybird beetles with the agricultural crops.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp457-459, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905N68.pdf