Around here, by the time the Asian lady beetles/bugs show up, the potato beetle larvae are long gone, so I haven't witnessed them eating any larvae. I have seen them eating the flesh out of apples--most apples with any kind of skin damage are getting serious lady beetle damage, once thy get in through the skin they devour the flesh of the apples and other fruit. So, I can imagine that they are eating figs, too. Mostly apples here, because the beetles haven't been very populous the last few years until early fall, and apples are the only thing left that they can damage.In the fall they congregate in swarms and become noticeable. In the summer, when potato beetle are around, they're scattered singly out in the fields, and unless you're looking for them you might not notice them.
Jim Erdman, Menomonie, WI
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