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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 ↓

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

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