- Chilocorus bipustulatus
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Chilocorus bipustulatus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Coccinellidae Genus: Chilocorus Species: C. bipustulatus Binomial name Chilocorus bipustulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)Synonyms - Coccinella bipustulata Linnaeus, 1758
Chilocorus bipustulatus, the heather ladybird, is a beetle species belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Chilocorinae.
These beetles are found in most of Europe, in East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa.
The elytra of this small beetle have a shining brown colour with two reddish-orange spots on each elytron (hence the Latin word bipustulatus, meaning two-blistered). Sometime three spots run in an horizontal line and join into two larger stains.
The mature larva is about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. Wintering occurs as an adult. The adults grow up to 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) long and can be encountered from May through October.
Heather ladybirds feed on aphids and scale insects, small insects mainly belonging to the family Coccidae and Diaspididae (Saissetia oleae, Aspidiotus nerii, Chionaspis salicis, Chrysomphalus aonidum, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, Planococcus citri, etc.). Therefore this species has been introduced worldwide for biological control in case of infestations.
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