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Benefical Insects (organized taxonomically)

Class: Arachnida

Order: Acari (mites)
Family: Phytoseiidae (predatory mites)

Order: Araneae (spiders)
Family: Numerous families (Spiders)

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera (beetles)
Families:
Cantharidae (soldier beetles)
Carabidae (ground beetles)
Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
Coccinellidae (lady beetles)

Order: Diptera (flies)
Families:
Asilidae (robber flies)
Cecidomyiidae (gall and predatory midges)
Syrphidae (syrphid, hover or flower flies)
Tachinidae (tachinid flies)

Order: Hemiptera (true bugs)
Families:
Anthocoridae (minute pirate bugs)
Lygaeidae (bigeyed bugs)
Miridae (plant bugs)
Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

Order: Hymenoptera (wasps)
Families:
Aphelinidae (aphelinid wasps)
Braconidae (braconid wasps)
Chalcididae (chalcidid or gall wasps)
Encyrtidae (encyrtid wasps)
Ichneumonidae (ichneumonid wasps)
Scelionidae (scelionid wasps)
Trichogrammatidae (trichogrammatid wasps)
Vespidae (yellow jackets, hornets, common wasps)

Order: Neuroptera (lacewings, mantidflies)
Families:
Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
Mantispidae (mantidflies)

Order: Thysanoptera (thrips)
Families:
Aleolothripidae (predatory thrips)
Phlaeothripidae (predatory thrips)

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    • Greenhouse IPM Online Workshop, 2022
    • Ornamentals & Turf Entomology
      • Ornamentals and Turf Entomology
      • Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery
  • Greenhouse IPM
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  • National & State Licenses
    • National A License General Manual
    • MN E License (ornamental & turf)