Helpful and Harmful Insects. Picture Card Set

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1 Helpful and Harmful Insects Picture Card Set

2 CARPENTER ANTS are large black insects that nest in wood. Photo By Scott Bauer, USDA ARS,

3 LADYBUGS eat harmful insects but can be a nuisance when they swarm on buildings and even inside homes. Photo By Joseph Berger,

4 BUTTERFLIES are beautiful insects that sip nectar and pollinate flowers. All images courtesy of

5 SPIDERS eat aphids and other insects. They are arachnids and have eight legs. Photo By Kevin Noonan

6 HONEYBEES may sting, but they also make food that humans eat. Photo By Scott Bauer, USDA ARS,

7 PRAYING MANTIS Photo By Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, is the state insect of Connecticut. Not only pests are at risk, but helpful insects and spiders are at risk of being eaten as well.

8 DRAGONFLIES also known as mosquito hawks, aid in the control of these blood sucking pests. Photo By Susan Ellis,

9 GREEN LACEWINGS feed on the honeydew produced by aphids. Photo By Alton N. Sparks, Jr., The University of Georgia,

10 MINUTE PIRATE BUGS are a welcome garden guest and foe to aphids, mites, immature scales and thrips. Photo By Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,

11 PARASITIC WASPS may sting, but they also kill harmful insects. Photo By Arnold T. Drooz, USDA Forest Service,

12 FRUIT FLIES are tiny insects that lay their eggs in decaying fruit in homes, grocery stores and delivery trucks. Photo By Scott Bauer, USDA ARS,

13 COCKROACHES...eat almost anything. They like the dark, and it s hard to get rid of them. Photo By Clemson University,

14 APHIDS harm plants by sucking sap. Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series,

15 MAGGOTS the larval stage of flies, use decaying plant and animal material for food. Photo By Lance S. Risley, William Paterson University,

16 GRUBS are unwelcome pests to lawns because they feed on vegetation roots. Photo By Edward L. Barnard,

17 BEETLES feed on the roots and leaves of many different kinds of plants. Photo By Clemson University,

18 HOUSE FLIES spread germs with their feet. Photo By Joseph Berger,

19 MOTHS are attracted to light. As larvae they eat holes in clothing and plants. Photo By Edward L. Manigault,

20 WOOLLY ADELGIDS attack several species of hemlock. Photo By Michael Montgomery, USDA Forest Service,

21 DAMSELFLIES are wetland insects that inhabit lakes and slow moving streams. They feed on other small aquatic insects. Susan Ellis,

22 MOSQUITOES give itchy bites. Bats and dragonflies eat them. Photo By Jim Occi, BugPics,

23 FLEAS bite people and their pets. Use a vacuum cleaner to get rid of them. Photo By James Castner, University of Florida

24 Contents Helpful and Harmul Insects Picture Card Set Carpenter Ants Ladybugs Butterflies Spiders Honeybees Praying Mantis Dragonflies Green Lacewings Minute Pirate Bugs Parasitic Wasps Damselflies Fruit Flies Cockroaches Aphids Maggots Grubs Beetles House Flies Moths Woolly Adelgids Mosquitoes Fleas