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Large greenish-brown praying mantis, native to Asia but introduced worldwide as ...
This little ladybird was so small it could almost fit through the mosquito net ...
This wasp is chewing off a chunk of a Sleepy Orange caterpillar. He eventually ...
thorax, abdomen and legs. It's larva is a parasite to caterpillars so farmers ...
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They are an effective predator, and often used as a
Characterized by long spine-like bristles (setae) on their legs. The Oxyopes ...
7 spots, red main bod, black head, white eyes. In the second picture you can ...
of their numbers, or natural biocontrol. ...
almost 2", This moth is native to Europe. It was first introduced to Canada as ...
. This species was imported into the US from Japan for garden
These larvae are about 12mm long. They build a pile of wiry frass to wear as ...
. Eggs are spindle shaped and small, about 1 mm long. http://www.
Many native pollinating insects are not actually bees, and flies are often ...
their numbers, or natural biocontrol. ...
Tiny fish. "Mosquitofish are small in comparison to other fish, with females ...
Its colour ranges from yellow-orange to black, and the number of spots between ...
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect ...
Ladybug on a Buddleia in South of France
, usually scarab beetles, and thus act as important
Paper wasps are 0.7 to 1.0 inch (1.8 to 2.5 cm)-long wasps that gather fibers ...
indigenous farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia, as natural
A ladybug larva that resembles a nudibranch and is a voracious scale bug eater. ...
So the moth caterpillars can be used as
elongated than females, with longer antennae. Scoliid wasp larvae act as ...
introduced into the Caribbean islands as a
This is the egg of an insect of American origin that was introduced ...
"Oecophylla weaver ants vary in color from reddish to yellowish brown dependent ...
depositing an egg. Scoliid wasps act as important
Trichoderma is a genus of fungi that is present in all soils, where they are ...
Moth - reddish brown - yellowish white spots About 2 1/2 inches long Large ...
Red beetle with black spots on elytra and white markings on the pronotum and ...
distraction and reclaim lost territory. This more indirect and subtle effect ...
Harmonia axyridis is a "typical" coccinellid beetle in shape and structure, ...
The Two-Striped Grasshopper is a large grasshopper (30-55 mm) and is ...
St. John's-worts vary from annual or perennial herbaceous herbs 5–10 cm tall to ...