| 1440133 |
stilt bug |
Jalysus wickhami |
Spined stilt bugs are slender brown bugs about 1/2 inch in length when full grown. They have long thread-like legs and antennae. Nymphs are similar to the adults but are smaller, lighter in color, and wingless. Stilt bugs are commonly seen walking slowly over tobacco plants or flying about the field in search of prey. These important beneficials feed on hornworm and budworm eggs (and to some extent on aphids) and may have a major impact on reducing damage caused by these pests. |
| 1440128 |
lady beetle |
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Lady beetles [various species including convergent Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville and spotted Coleomegills maculata fuscilabris (Musant)] are important predators of soft-bodied insects such as aphids. The adult stages are easily recognized by their convex bodies and distinctive coloration. The hard wing covers are often orange, yellow, or red with a pattern of dark spots. Adult convergent lady beetles are black with orange or red wing covers with 12 black spots (spots are sometimes indistinct). The pronotum has two converging lines and a white margin. The adult spotted lady beetle is bright red to pink with black spots on the wig covers and pronotum. Yellowish lady beetle eggs are laid in groups on plants infested with aphids. The lady beetle larvae is enlongated with a velvety black to blue body 1/3-inch long with orange spots and black spines. Adults can consume 50 aphids per day, while larvae kill 10 to 25 per day. |
| 1440127 |
lady beetle |
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Lady beetles [various species including convergent Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville and spotted Coleomegills maculata fuscilabris (Musant)] are important predators of soft-bodied insects such as aphids. The adult stages are easily recognized by their convex bodies and distinctive coloration. The hard wing covers are often orange, yellow, or red with a pattern of dark spots. Adult convergent lady beetles are black with orange or red wing covers with 12 black spots (spots are sometimes indistinct). The pronotum has two converging lines and a white margin. The adult spotted lady beetle is bright red to pink with black spots on the wig covers and pronotum. Yellowish lady beetle eggs are laid in groups on plants infested with aphids. The lady beetle larvae is enlongated with a velvety black to blue body 1/3- inch long with orange spots and black spines. Adults can consume 50 aphids per day, while larvae kill 10 to 25 per day. |
| 1402131 |
paper wasps |
Polistes spp. |
Several species of paper wasps search out and kill small hornworms and other tobacco pests. The wasps roll parts of the worms into balls, fly them to their nest, and feed them to their young. Research in the early 1960’s showed the provision of nesting sites near tobacco fields reduced numbers of hornworms and leaf loss. Most people recognize these beneficials as the familiar "stinging" wasps which build paper nests or combs under the eaves of buildings and in dense vegetation. |
| 1402133 |
stilt bug |
Jalysus wickhami |
Stilt bugs are slender, brown bugs slightly over ½ inch in length when full grown. They have long, thread-like legs and antennae. Nymphs are similar to the adults but are smaller, lighter in color, and wingless. Stilt bugs are commonly seen walking slowly over tobacco plants or flying about the field in search of prey. These important beneficials feed on hornworm and budworm eggs (and to some extent on aphids) and may have a major impact on reducing damage caused by these pests. |
| 0027037 |
multicolored Asian lady beetle |
Harmonia axyridis |
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| 0027038 |
sevenspotted lady beetle |
Coccinella septempunctata |
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| 1147023 |
lady beetle |
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| 1402138 |
green lacewings |
Chrysopa spp. |
Both the adult and immature forms of these beneficials are predators on aphids. The immatures are often known as aphid-lions. Lacewing eggs are unusual in that they are attached to surfaces by long, threadlike, upright stalks. Larvae are shaped somewhat like those of lady beetles but are light colored and have a pair of long sickle-shaped mouthparts protruding forward. Adults are light green, about 5/8 inch long and have 4 large lacy wings, thin bodies and long antennae. |
| 1402135 |
convergent lady beetle |
Hippodamia convergens |
Both adult and larval lady beetles are important predators of aphids. Adults can consume 50 aphids per day, while larvae kill 10 to 25 per day. Adult convergent lady beetles are black with orange or red wing covers with 12 black spots (spots are sometimes indistinct). The pronotum has two converging lines and a white margin. |
| 5367963 |
paper wasps |
Polistes spp. |
Adult on tobacco plant, feeding on tobacco hornworm larva |
| 5379935 |
mud-dauber |
Tachytes spp. |
in North Carolina Department of Agriculture tobacco field |
| 5379945 |
Chinese mantid |
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis |
in North Carolina Department of Agriculture tobacco field |
| 5379916 |
stilt bugs |
Jalysus spp. |
mating |
| 5379966 |
paper wasp |
Polistes fuscatus |
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| 5367926 |
bigeyed bugs |
Geocoris punctipes |
adult feeding on an unidentified Homopteran |
| 5367927 |
bigeyed bugs |
Geocoris punctipes |
adult feeding on an unidentified Homopteran |
| 5367980 |
spined assassin bug |
Sinea diadema |
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| 1402132 |
paper wasps |
Polistes spp. |
Several species of paper wasps search out and kill small hornworms and other tobacco pests. The wasps roll parts of the worms into balls, fly them to their nest, and feed them to their young. Research in the early 1960’s showed the provision of nesting sites near tobacco fields reduced numbers of hornworms and leaf loss. Most people recognize these beneficials as the familiar "stinging" wasps which build paper nests or combs under the eaves of buildings and in dense vegetation. |
