Description

Find about a tiny but fascinating ladybird that is a voracious predator of citrus whitefly in the Mediterranean, Middle East and India. 

http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/enemy/Serangium_montazerii/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280804703_Biology_and_predation_potential_of_the_Indian_ladybird_Serangium_montazerii_on_Bemisia_tabaci

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11594705/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/epp.12924

https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2232&context=agriculture

https://databases.nbair.res.in/Featured_insects/Serangium-parcesetosum.php

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/47340/instance/5373111/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357780634_Rediscovery_of_Serangium_montazerii_Fursch_in_Georgia_and_updated_list_of_the_Coccinellidae_of_Georgia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein-Ali_Montazeri - Information about Montazeri and his liberal beliefs. 

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