Contact: Gail Gallessich
gail.g@ia.ucsb.edu
805-893-7220
University of California - Santa Barbara
Caption: The ladybug beetle is part of a synergistic "team" of three aphid predators that help alfalfa farmers in the Midwest.
Credit: Bradley Cardinale, UCSB
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