The Asian lady beetles outer shell is round in shape, coloured red-brown or tan with varying black spots on it. Their head and thorax are black in colour with white markings. Under their outer shell are hidden wings, although fairly slow they are good flyers. They measure as long as 8.5mm and have a life span of 30-90 days. 

 

The lady beetle was introduced to the United States from Asia to eat aphids, scales and other crop pests. It is the larval form that does most of the eating. Adults lay their orange eggs in groups near their food source on infested trees and may have multiple generations in a year if food and conditions are adequate. The long-flattened larvae have little spines or bumps along its back side and moult 4 times before pupating. They emerge as adults capable of flying a great distance, they begin to congregate in sheltered areas as the cooling fall tempters take hold and at this point often become a nuisance to occupants in structures.