Natural Enemies--Predator</title</head> <body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="layout" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <td colspan="2"><b><a name="PREDATOR"></a>Predators:</b> A predator is an organism that attacks, kills, and feeds on several to many other individuals (its prey) in its lifetime.</td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(153, 204, 255);"> <th class="colleft"> Common name</th> <th class="colleft">Scientific name</th> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/assassin_bugs_files/index.htm">Assassin bugs</a></th> <td>Reduviidae family</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/bigeyed_bugs_files/text.htm">Bigeyed bugs</a></th> <td><i>Geocoris</i> spp.</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/brown_lacewing_files/text.htm">Brown lacewings</a></th> <td><i>Hemerobius</i> spp.</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/convergent_lady_beetle_files/text.html">Convergent lady beetle</a></th> <td><i>Hippodamia convergens</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/damsel_bug_files/text.htm">Damsel bugs</a></th> <td><i>Nabis</i> spp.</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/euseius_tularensis_files/text.htm"><i>Euseius tularensis</i></a></th> <td><i>Euseius tularensis</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/Green_Lacewings/text.htm">Green lacewings</a></th> <td><i>Chrysopa</i> spp., <i>Chrysoperla</i> spp.</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/mealybug_destroyer_files/text.htm">Mealybug destroyer</a></th> <td><i>Cryptolaemus montrouzieri</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/minute_pirate_bug_files/text.htm">Minute pirate bugs</a></th> <td><i>Orius</i> spp., <i>Anthocoris</i> spp.</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/multicolored_asian_lady_beetle/text.htm">Multicolored Asian lady beetle</a></th> <td><i>Harmonia axyridis</i></td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/phytoseiulus_persimilis_files/text.htm"><i>Phytoseiulus persimilis</i></a></th> <td><i>Phytoseiulus persimilis</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/predaceous_ground_beetle_files/text.htm">Predaceous ground beetles</a></th> <td>Carabidae family</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/aphidoletes_aphidimyza_files/text.htm">Predaceous midge, aphid midge</a></th> <td><i>Aphidoletes aphidimyza</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/sevenspotted_lady_beetle/text.htm">Sevenspotted lady beetle</a></th> <td><i>Coccinella septempunctata</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/sixspotted_thrips_files/text.htm">Sixspotted thrips</a></th> <td><i>Scolothrips sexmaculatus</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/soldier_beetles_files/text.htm">Soldier beetles, leather-winged beetles</a></th> <td>Cantharidae family</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/spider_mite_destroyer_files/text.htm">Spider mite destroyer lady beetle</a> </th> <td><i>Stethorus picipes</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/syrphid_flies_files/text2.html">Syrphid flies</a></th> <td>Syrphidae family</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/twicestabbed_lady_beetle_files/text.htm">Twicestabbed lady beetle</a></th> <td><i>Chilocorus orbus</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/vedalia_beetle_files/text.htm">Vedalia beetle</a></th> <td><i>Rodolia cardinalis</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/western_predatory_mite_files/text.htm">Western predatory mite</a></th> <td><i>Galendromus occidentalis</i></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> <th colspan="2"><b><a name="PARASITE"></a>Insect parasites (parasitoids): </b> Larval stages of insect parasites feed on or inside of other insects, killing their hosts. Adults are free-living wasps or flies.</th> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(153, 204, 255);"> <th class="colleft">Common name</th> <th class="colleft">Scientific name</th> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/anaphes_spp_files/text.htm"><i>Anaphes</i> species</a></th> <td><i>Anaphes iole, Anaphes nitens, </i>and other <i>Anaphes</i> spp.</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/Aphidius/text.htm"><i>Aphidius</i> species</a></th> <td><i>Aphidius</i> spp. </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/cotesia_medicaginis_files/text.htm"><i>Cotesia medicaginis</i></a>, alfalfa butterfly parasite </th> <td><i>Cotesia medicaginis</i></td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/encarsia_formosa_files/text.htm"><i>Encarsia formosa</i></a>, whitefly parasite</th> <td><i>Encarsia formosa</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/hyposoter_exigua_files/text.htm"><i>Hyposoter exiguae</i></a>, caterpillar parasite </th> <td><i>Hyposoter exiguae</i></td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/lysiphlebus_testaceipes_files/text.htm"><i>Lysiphlebus testaceipes</i></a>, aphid parasite </th> <td><i>Lysiphlebus testaceipes</i> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/tachinid_flies_files/text.htm">Tachinid flies</a>, caterpillar parasite</th> <td>Tachinidae family</td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="Natural_Enemies/trichogramma_spp_files/text.htm"><i>Trichogramma</i> spp</a>., egg parasites</th> <td><i>Trichogramma</i> spp.</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </body> </html>