Araneae: Spiders
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Banded Garden Spider
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Wolf Spider
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Family
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Araneae
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Common Name
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Spiders
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Appearance
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Arthropods with
two segments: a cephalothorax and an abdomen. Have eight legs.
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Type of Predation
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Produce some
sort of webbing that is used as a trap for their prey.
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Prey
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Predaceous on
many things, mostly insects.
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Coccinellidae: Ladybird Beetles- Eggs, Larvae, and Adults
Anthocoridae: Minute Pirate Bug
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Nymph
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Adult
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Family
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Anthocoridae
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Species
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Orius insidiosus
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Common Name
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Minute pirate
bug
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Appearance
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Black body, wings
are pale with black tips.
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Description of Stages
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Nymphs are small,
yellow, and teardrop shaped.
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Type of Predation
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Fast moving;
search and destroy.
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Prey
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Mites, insect
eggs, aphids, thrips, and small caterpillars.
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Nabidae: Damsel Bugs
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Nymph
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Adult
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Ant-like Nabid
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Family
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Nabidae
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Common Name
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Damsel bug
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Appearance
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Common Nabids
are either ash gray or shiny and black, mimicking an ant.
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Description of Stages
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Immature stages
are similar to adults, but lacking wings.
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Prey
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Mites, aphids,
lygus bugs, and other arthropods.
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Chrysopidae: Green Lacewings
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Eggs
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Larva
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Adult
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Family
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Chrysopidae
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Common Name
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Lacewings
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Appearance
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Long, slender,
and most are commonly green. Have large, heavily veined wings
that give lace-like appearance.
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Description of Stages
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Eggs are laid
on stalks of leaves. Predaceous immatures are dark and oval
with tapered ends. They have sickle-like jaws and are covered
in tubercles.
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Type of Predation
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Most predation
is done as a larvae, and some species are not predaceous as
adults, relying on flower nectar for food.
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Prey
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Mites, aphids,
small caterpillars, leafhoppers, and thrips.
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Syrphidae: Hover Flies
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Eggs
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Larva
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Adult
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Family
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Syrphidae
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Common Name
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Hover flies
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Appearance
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Adult flies resemble
bees, but have only two wings and no stinger.
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Description of Stages
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Larvae are slug-like
and often resemble lepidopterous larvae, although they have
no legs.
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Type of Predation
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Larvae are the
most voracious predators, searching out prey on the leaf surface.
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Prey
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Mites, aphids,
caterpillars, etc.
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Predator Insects
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