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  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents
  • How Ecologically Based Pest Management Works
  • Principles of Ecologically Based Pest Management
  • Identification Key to Major Beneficials and Pests
    • Predators
    • Parasitoids
    • Pests
  • Managing Soils to Minimize Crop Pests
  • Farm Feature: Triple Threat to Pests: Cover Crops, No-Till, Rotation
  • Beneficial Agents on the Farm
  • Putting it All Together
  • Resources: General Information
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Predators

Key to Major Beneficials and Pests

Predators

Coleoptera: Staphylinidae

Rove Beetle

(Nudobius lentus)
Photo by Jiri Hulcr
Coleoptera: Carabidae
Pendunculate ground beetle
(Pasimachus depressus)
Photo by Whitney Cranshaw
Coleoptera: Carabidae
Ground beetle
(Calosoma sycophanta)
Photo by Debbie Waters
Coleoptera: Melyridae
Soft-winged flower beetle
Photo by Vincent J. Hickey, MD
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Sevenspotted lady beetle
(Coccinella septempunctata)
Photo by Russ Ottens
Coleoptera: Cantharidae
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
(Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)
Photo by Debbie Roos
Dermaptera: Labiduridae
Earwig
Photo by Richard Leung
Diptera: Syrphidae
Syrphid fly
Photo by Vincent J. Hickey, MD
Diptera: Syrphidae
Syrphid fly on aster
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Diptera: Syrphidae
Syrphid fly
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Predatory rough-shield stink bug
(Brochymena spp.)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Spined soldier bug
(Podisus maculiventris)
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Predatory stink bug nymph
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Nadibae
Damsel bug
(Nabis alternatus)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae
Big-eyed bug with whitefly
(Geocoris spp.)
Photo by Jack, Kykinga, USDA ARS
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
Leafhopper assassin bug
(Zelus renardii)
Photo by Debbie Roos
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
Assassin bug
(Apiomerus crassipes)
Photo by Richard Leung
Hemiptera: Reduviidae
Striped Bug
(Pselliopus cinctus)
Photo by Richard Leung
Hemiptera: Anthocoridae
Adult minute pirate bug
(Orius tristicolor)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Hemiptera: Anthocoridae
Pirate bug
(Orius spp.)
Photo by Whitney Cranshaw
Hemiptera: Anthocoridae
Minute pirate bug nymph
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Orthoptera: Mantidae
Praying mantid nymph on
coneflower eating a fly
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC
Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Green lacewing larva
(Chrysoperla rufilabris)
Photo by Jack Dykinga, USDA ARS
Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Green lacewing adult
(Chrysoperla carnea)
Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC


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