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