Twice-Stabbed Lady Beetle (or generally a Chilocorus species)

Typically found in deciduous forests, orchards, groves, and gardens, often on the bark of infested trees.

Carnivorous; feeds primarily on scale insects (particularly arboreal scale) and aphids.

Both adults and larvae are active hunters on tree bark. They overwinter as adults, often huddling in leaf litter or under loose bark.

Benefits: Highly beneficial to ecosystems and agriculture as a natural predator of harmful scale insects. Risks: Harmless to humans, does not bite or sting.