Beneficial Insects and Related Arthropods

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Some beneficial insects and related arthropods are lady beetles, syrphid flies, lacewings, wheelbugs & damsel bugs, predatory stinkbugs, common garden spiders, preying mantids, and predatory mites.
Lady beetle larva feeding on aphids Lacewing larva
Photograph of lady beetle larva from Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.ipmimages.org and
Photograph of lacewing larva by Bradley Higbee, Paramount Farming, www.ipmimages.org
Thumbnail photograph of adult lady beetle by J. Michael Moore, The University of Georgia, www.ipmimages.org
Adult lady beetle feeding on aphids Lacewing adult
Photograph of lady beetle adult by J. Michael Moore, The University of Georgia, www.ipmimages.org
photograph of adult lacewing by Alton N. Sparks, Jr., The University of Georgia, www.ipmimages.org
Syrphid fly larva feeding on aphids Yellow garden spider wrapping up a dead grasshopper
Photograph of syrphid fly larva and aphids by Alton N. Sparks, Jr., The University of Georgia, www.ipmimages.org and
yellow garden spider with prey by Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, www.ipmimages.org
Damsel bug Preying mantid
Photograph of damsel bug by Alton N. Sparks, Jr., The University of Georgia, www.ipmimages.org
preying mantid by Edward L. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, www.ipmimages.org