Soybean Insects: Beneficial Insects

Minute Pirate Bug (Fig. 42)

Generalist predator: Feeds on aphids, small caterpillars, insect eggs, leafhopper nymphs, scale insects, spider mites, thrips, and whiteflies.

Damsel Bug (Fig. 43)

Generalist predator: Feeds primarily on aphids, caterpillars, insect eggs, leafhoppers, spider mites, and thrips.

Green Lacewing (Fig. 44)

Larvae are generalist predators: Feed primarily on aphids, small caterpillars, insect eggs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, psyllids, spider mites, thrips, and whiteflies, depending on species; adults are also predaceous.

Spined Soldier Bug (Figs. 45–46)

Generalist predator: Feeds on beetle larvae, true bug nymphs, and caterpillars.

Brown Lacewing (Fig. 47)

Generalist predator: Feeds primarily on aphids, small caterpillars, insect eggs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites, psyllids, thrips, and whiteflies.

Big-Eyed Bug(Fig. 48)

Generalist predator: Feeds

primarily on small caterpillars, flea beetles, insect eggs, mites, thrips, whiteflies, and other true bugs.

Assassin Bugs (Fig. 49)

Generalist predators: Feed primarily on aphids, caterpillars, various small beetles, insect eggs, leafhoppers, and true bugs.

Lady Beetles (Figs. 50–51)

Generalist predators: Feed primarily on aphids, caterpillars, insect eggs, mealybugs, scale insects, and spider mites.

Ground Beetles (Fig. 52)

Generalist predators: Feed primarily on small insects, spiders, and various other arthropods; some species feed on seeds.

Flower Flies (Fig. 53)

Larvae are generalist predators: Feed on aphids, mealybugs, scale insects, spider mites, and thrips.

Ichneumonid Wasps (Fig. 54)

Larvae are parasitoids (develop within another insect and eventually kill it) of beetle larvae, caterpillars, and other insects.

Braconid Wasps (Fig. 55)

Larvae are parasitoids of aphids, beetle larvae, caterpillars, and other insects.

Tachinid Flies (Fig. 56)

Larvae are internal parasitoids of beetle larvae, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and other insects.