GOOD BUGS D-L
GOOD BUGS- A-C
GOOD BUGS- M-P
GOOD BUGS- R-Z
BENEFICIAL BUGS
DAMSEL FLIES
25 to 51 mm in length and are similar to dragonflies
Feeds on small insects like flies, mosquitos, gnats and aphids
Usually work from May to November and overwinters as immatures
DRAGONFLIES
18 to 127 mm in length and are similar to damsel flies
Feeds on small insects like flies, mosquitos, gnats and aphids
Usually works from May to October and overwinters as immatures
Their color is brown to blue
Found in and around water where they wait for their main food mosquitos
Both nymph and adult are vicous on many insects
DECOLLATE SNAIL
Feeds mainly on slugs and brown garden snails
Will also eat old leaf mulch but not live plants
This snail works at night and attacking the eggs of snails and slugs
Once established should not have to worry about these pests again
FLY PARASITE PREDATORS
They are gnat size burrowing insects
These predators serve as a major check of fly populations by destroying flies in the
immature maggot and pupa stages
Have no affect on humans and horses-only manure breeding pest flies
GROUND BEETLES
Possibly 2500 species in North America
Feed mainly on root maggots and cutworms and other soil inhabiting pests
A few types will eat snails and slugs
They are usually black and shiny, may also have a metallic sheen on wing covers
Hard to find because they hunt at night and then hide under yard debris
HOVER FLIES OR FLOWER FLIES/SYRPHID FLIES
The larvae feed on aphids, mealybugs and other small insects
They are about 1/2 inch long
They hover(like a helicopter) and dart about making a loud buzzing sound
Bodies are like bees yellow or white and black
Adults are excellent pollinators because they must feed on nectar before they can
reproduce
ICHNEUMON FLY
These wasps are from 1/10 to 1 1/2 inches in length
Bodies have long abdomens and are usually brownish black or red and black
They are good pollinators but feed mainly on caterpillars, beetle larvae and othe soft
bodied insects
A large group with over 3100 species just in North America
Lay their eggs in host insects
LACEWING (GREEN LACEWING)
May be found inside the house during the fall and winter-won't hurt anything
Lacewings are brown or green
The larvae are also known as aphid lions, attacking the eggs and young stages of pests like
spider mites, aphids, thrips, sweet potato whiteflys, mealybugs, leafhoppers and eggs of most
pest moths
Grow to about 3/8 inch
Use with Trichogramma wasps for a very effective treatment of these insects
LADYBUG(LADY BEETLE)
Some facts on ladybugs
Shaped like a volkswagen with bright red or yellow body with black, red, white or yellow
spots.
It may be confused with the Japanese Beetle
Feeds on aphids, spider mites, mealybugs and scale insects
Don't be surprised to find in the house over fall and winter
During their life span one ladybug may consume as many as 2400 aphids
In the female's short life she may lay up to 500 eggs
Probably the most used beneficial insect
LONGLEGGED FLIES
Are long legged compared to small bodies and hence their names
Over 1200 species in North America
They are colorful insects with metallic green, copper or blue in color
They are predators of mainly aphids and spider mites
GOOD BUGS- A-C
GOOD BUGS- M-P
GOOD BUGS- R-Z
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