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Beneficial Garden Bugs of the SC Lowcountry

A guide to some of the common beneficial Insects(as well as Myriapods, Isopods, Molluscs) that you may encounter in your gardens.

All of the species in this guide either prey on other insects during one or more of its life stages, or is a detritivore, an organism that breaks down dead ...more ↓

Leopard Slug 1
Limax maximus
Rosy Wolfsnail 2
Euglandina rosea
American Giant Millipede 3
Narceus americanus
Florida Ivory Millipede 4
Chicobolus spinigerus
Black-and-gold Flat Millipede 5
Apheloria virginiensis
Red-Sided Flat Millipede 3
Sigmoria latior
Greenhouse Millipede 6
Oxidus gracilis
House Centipede 7
Scutigera coleoptrata
Eastern Red Centipede 8
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Eastern Bark Centipede 9
Hemiscolopendra marginata
Florida Blue Centipede 10
Scolopendra viridis
Margined Tiger Beetle 11
Ellipsoptera marginata
Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle 12
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis
Punctured Tiger Beetle 13
Cicindela punctulata
S-banded Tiger Beetle 14
Cicindela trifasciata
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 3
Cicindela repanda
Festive Tiger Beetle 15
Cicindela scutellaris
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 16
Cicindela sexguttata
Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle 17
Tetracha carolina
Big-headed Ground Beetle 18
Scarites subterraneus
Fiery Searcher Beetle 19
Calosoma scrutator
Black Caterpillar Hunter Beetle 20
Calosoma sayi
Spotted Lady Beetle 21
Coleomegilla maculata
Ashy Gray Lady Beetle 22
Olla v-nigrum
Asian Lady Beetle 23
Harmonia axyridis
Convergent Lady Beetle 24
Hippodamia convergens
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 24
Coccinella septempunctata
Polished Lady Beetle 24
Cycloneda munda
Spotless Lady Beetle 25
Cycloneda sanguinea
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle 24
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Mealybug Destroyer 26
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle 27
Chilocorus stigma
Pyractomena borealis 16
Black Firefly 24
Lucidota atra
Common Eastern Firefly 24
Photinus pyralis
Devil's Coach Horse Beetle 28
Ocypus olens
Brown Rove Beetle 29
Platydracus maculosus
Carolina Burying Beetle 30
Nicrophorus carolinus
Pustulated Carrion Beetle 1
Nicrophorus pustulatus
American Carrion Beetle 31
Necrophila americana
Carolina Copris 3
Dichotomius carolinus
Small Black Dung Beetle 32
Copris minutus
Scooped Scarab 33
Onthophagus hecate
Gazelle Scarab 34
Digitonthophagus gazella
Black Phanaeus 35
Phanaeus triangularis
Rainbow Scarab 36
Phanaeus vindex
Humpback Dung Beetle 37
Deltochilum gibbosum
Jagged Ambush Bug 38
Phymata americana
Phymata fasciata 39
Spined Assassin Bug 40
Sinea diadema
Spiny Assassin Bug 41
Sinea spinipes
Zelus cervicalis 36
Milkweed Assassin Bug 9
Zelus longipes
Pale Green Assassin Bug 42
Zelus luridus
Leafhopper Assassin Bug 25
Zelus renardii
Four-spurred Assassin Bug 43
Zelus tetracanthus
Red Bull Assassin Bug 35
Repipta taurus
Wheel Bug 44
Arilus cristatus
Orange Assassin Bug 45
Pselliopus barberi
Ringed Assassin Bug 46
Pselliopus cinctus
Masked Hunter 47
Reduvius personatus
Black Corsair 22
Melanolestes picipes
Microtomus purcis 48
Florida Predatory Stink Bug 49
Euthyrhynchus floridanus
Giant Strong-nosed Stink Bug 12
Alcaeorrhynchus grandis
Anchor Stink Bug 20
Stiretrus anchorago
Two-spotted Stink Bug 50
Perillus bioculatus
Lined Earwig 20
Doru taeniatum
European Earwig 24
Forficula auricularia
Shore Earwig 51
Labidura riparia
Maritime Earwig 52
Anisolabis maritima
Ring-legged Earwig 53
Euborellia annulipes
Elephant Mosquito 54
Toxorhynchites rutilus
Dusky-winged Hover Fly 35
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Eastern Calligrapher 55
Toxomerus geminatus
Margined Calligrapher 27
Toxomerus marginatus
Carolinian Elegant 56
Meromacrus acutus
Yellowjacket Hover Fly 44
Milesia virginiensis
Condylostylus longicornis 25
Condylostylus mundus 57
Clubbed Mydas Fly 36
Mydas clavatus
Efferia aestuans 58
Triorla interrupta 59
Red-footed Cannibal Fly 60
Promachus rufipes
Chinese Mantis 61
Tenodera sinensis
European Mantis 62
Mantis religiosa
Carolina Mantis 63
Stagmomantis carolina
Grizzled Mantis 64
Gonatista grisea
American Grass Mantis 65
Thesprotia graminis
Northern Grass Mantis 63
Brunneria borealis
Micromus subanticus 66
Chrysopa incompleta 67
Red-lipped Green Lacewing 68
Chrysoperla rufilabris
Abachrysa eureka 69
Brown Wasp Mantidfly 24
Climaciella brunnea
Four-spotted Mantidfly 70
Dicromantispa interrupta
Green Mantidfly 71
Zeugomantispa minuta
Leptomantispa pulchella 72
Ululodes floridanus 70
Ululodes macleayanus 73

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