Insect ID: Insects Found in the Yard and Landscape - Home and Garden IPM from Cooperative Extension - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Insect ID: Insects Found in the Yard and Landscape Some of these critters sometimes hitch a ride indoors on such things as firewood, clothing, a family pet, etc. Return to Lawn / Grassy Area

: Ants (especially Pavement Ants which are pictured here)

: Pavement Ants

: Pavement ants

: Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (worker) (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) (central Maine; 6/13/2009)

: A male Carpenter Ant

: Carpenter Ant (Winged Queen)

: Carpenter Ant (Winged Queen)

: Carpenter Ant (Winged Queen)

: Carpenter Ant Queen (wingless stage; they shed their wings after mating)

: Cornfield Ants

: European Red Ant — Myrmica rubra (also referred to as the European Fire Ant) (Invasive)

: Armyworm Caterpillar

: Pair of armyworms parasitized by one or more tachinid flies

: Asiatic Garden Beetle (grub and adult)

: Asiatic Garden Beetle grub (Note: Correct ID requires careful examination of the grub’s rastral pattern of hairs because there are many other species of “white grubs” that otherwise look very similar to one another)

: Centipedes and Millipedes

: Example of a Crane Fly (this one is a “Large Crane Fly” in the Tipulidae family)

: Phantom Crane Fly (Family Ptychopteridae)

: Camel Cricket

: Pair of False Armyworm cutworms

: Deer Fly (their larvae are aquatic)

: Deer Flies
(their larvae are aquatic)

: European Chafer

: Comparing grubs of European Chafer and Japanese Beetle

: Horse Fly

: Horse Fly

: A Horsehair worm that has emerged from its host cricket

: Horsehair Worm (these are not insects, of course)

: Transverse-banded Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa) (another example of a species that mimics bee/yellowjacket patterning)

: Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus) feeding on pollen and/or nectar from a hop clover flower; 7/7/2008 (their larvae feed on aphids, thrips, and small caterpillars)

: Tufted Globetail (Sphaerophoria contigua) (Photo courtesy of Dana Wilde from Unity, ME) (mid July, 2013)

: Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) (Drone fly is sometimes written as one word: Dronefly)

: Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) (a species of syrphid fly that mimics a honey bee drone)

: A cluster of Japanese Beetles

: Japanese Beetle Larva/Grub

: Japanese Beetle (on a milkweed leaf)

: May Beetle / June Beetle

: June Beetle grub

: Katydid (Northern Bush Katydid, Scudderia septentrionalis) (Etna, ME; 8/6/2010)

: Rose Chafers

: Closer view of a Rose Chafer (The rose chafer is a type of scarab beetle)

: Spotted Tussock

: Hickory Tussock (the hairs on many tussock caterpillars can cause an itchy rash)

: Tussock caterpillars: Hickory Tussock (top) and Spotted Tussock (bottom).

: White-marked Tussock Caterpillar (feeding on lowbush blueberry)

: Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar (Euchaetes egle) (Etna, ME; 8/23/2009) (this caterpillar is not an invasive species)

: White Grubs

: White Grub damage to a lawn

: White Grub damage to a lawn

: Woollybear Caterpillars (Banded Woollybear)

: Yellow Bear Caterpillar / Yellow Woollybear (Spilosoma virginica) (Greenville, ME; 9/4/2011)

Lawn / Grassy Area: Ants Armyworms Asiatic Garden Beetle Carpenter Ants Caterpillars Centipedes Chinch Bugs Crane Flies