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BENEFICIAL BUGS

[Damsel Flies] 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

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    [Dragonflies] 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] 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] 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

    • [Syrphid/Hover/Flower Flies] 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

    • [Ichneumonid Wasps] 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] 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] 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] 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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