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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 ↓

American Giant Millipede 1
Narceus americanus
Florida Ivory Millipede 2
Chicobolus spinigerus
Black-and-gold Flat Millipede 3
Apheloria virginiensis
Red-Sided Flat Millipede 1
Sigmoria latior
Greenhouse Millipede 4
Oxidus gracilis
House Centipede 5
Scutigera coleoptrata
Eastern Red Centipede 6
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Eastern Bark Centipede 7
Hemiscolopendra marginata
Florida Blue Centipede 8
Scolopendra viridis
Margined Tiger Beetle 9
Ellipsoptera marginata
Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle 10
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis
Punctured Tiger Beetle 11
Cicindela punctulata
S-banded Tiger Beetle 12
Cicindela trifasciata
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 1
Cicindela repanda
Festive Tiger Beetle 13
Cicindela scutellaris
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 14
Cicindela sexguttata
Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle 15
Tetracha carolina
Big-headed Ground Beetle 16
Scarites subterraneus
Fiery Searcher Beetle 17
Calosoma scrutator
Black Caterpillar Hunter Beetle 18
Calosoma sayi
Spotted Lady Beetle 19
Coleomegilla maculata
Ashy Gray Lady Beetle 20
Olla v-nigrum
Asian Lady Beetle 21
Harmonia axyridis
Convergent Lady Beetle 22
Hippodamia convergens
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 22
Coccinella septempunctata
Polished Lady Beetle 22
Cycloneda munda
Spotless Lady Beetle 23
Cycloneda sanguinea
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle 22
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Mealybug Destroyer 24
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle 25
Chilocorus stigma
Pyractomena borealis 14
Black Firefly 22
Lucidota atra
Common Eastern Firefly 22
Photinus pyralis
Devil's Coach Horse Beetle 26
Ocypus olens
Brown Rove Beetle 27
Platydracus maculosus
Carolina Burying Beetle 28
Nicrophorus carolinus
Pustulated Carrion Beetle 29
Nicrophorus pustulatus
American Carrion Beetle 30
Necrophila americana
Carolina Copris 1
Dichotomius carolinus
Small Black Dung Beetle 31
Copris minutus
Scooped Scarab 32
Onthophagus hecate
Gazelle Scarab 33
Digitonthophagus gazella
Black Phanaeus 34
Phanaeus triangularis
Rainbow Scarab 35
Phanaeus vindex
Humpback Dung Beetle 36
Deltochilum gibbosum
Jagged Ambush Bug 37
Phymata americana
Phymata fasciata 38
Spined Assassin Bug 39
Sinea diadema
Spiny Assassin Bug 40
Sinea spinipes
Zelus cervicalis 35
Milkweed Assassin Bug 7
Zelus longipes
Pale Green Assassin Bug 41
Zelus luridus
Leafhopper Assassin Bug 23
Zelus renardii
Four-spurred Assassin Bug 42
Zelus tetracanthus
Red Bull Assassin Bug 34
Repipta taurus
Wheel Bug 43
Arilus cristatus
Orange Assassin Bug 44
Pselliopus barberi
Ringed Assassin Bug 45
Pselliopus cinctus
Masked Hunter 46
Reduvius personatus
Black Corsair 20
Melanolestes picipes
Microtomus purcis 47
Florida Predatory Stink Bug 48
Euthyrhynchus floridanus
Giant Strong-nosed Stink Bug 10
Alcaeorrhynchus grandis
Anchor Stink Bug 18
Stiretrus anchorago
Two-spotted Stink Bug 49
Perillus bioculatus
Lined Earwig 18
Doru taeniatum
European Earwig 22
Forficula auricularia
Shore Earwig 50
Labidura riparia
Maritime Earwig 51
Anisolabis maritima
Ring-legged Earwig 52
Euborellia annulipes
Elephant Mosquito 53
Toxorhynchites rutilus
Dusky-winged Hover Fly 34
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Eastern Calligrapher 54
Toxomerus geminatus
Margined Calligrapher 25
Toxomerus marginatus
Carolinian Elegant 55
Meromacrus acutus
Yellowjacket Hover Fly 43
Milesia virginiensis
Condylostylus longicornis 23
Condylostylus mundus 56
Clubbed Mydas Fly 35
Mydas clavatus
Efferia aestuans 57
Triorla interrupta 58
Red-footed Cannibal Fly 59
Promachus rufipes
Chinese Mantis 60
Tenodera sinensis
European Mantis 61
Mantis religiosa
Carolina Mantis 62
Stagmomantis carolina
Grizzled Mantis 63
Gonatista grisea
American Grass Mantis 64
Thesprotia graminis
Northern Grass Mantis 62
Brunneria borealis
Micromus subanticus 65
Chrysopa incompleta 66
Red-lipped Green Lacewing 67
Chrysoperla rufilabris
Abachrysa eureka 68
Brown Wasp Mantidfly 22
Climaciella brunnea
Four-spotted Mantidfly 69
Dicromantispa interrupta
Green Mantidfly 70
Zeugomantispa minuta
Leptomantispa pulchella 71
Ululodes floridanus 69
Ululodes macleayanus 72
Four-spotted Owlfly 73
Ululodes quadripunctatus
Myrmeleon immaculatus 74

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