The genus Cryptolaemus consists of predatory beetles of the family Coccinellidae, whose larvae and adults mostly prey upon scale insects on ornamental plants.
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The genus Cryptolaemus consists of predatory beetles of the family Coccinellidae, whose larvae and adults mostly prey upon scale insects on ornamental plants.
== Taxonomy == There are several species in the genus, in two groups, all originally from eastern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. Of these, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1850 is the most well-known.
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