{"id":538,"date":"2010-10-20T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/homeowner-ipm\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:06:40","slug":"beneficials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/home\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/beneficials\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Beneficials"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id538_c1244d-98 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column538_a23374-2a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column538_a23374-2a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column538_a23374-2a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2>Photo Gallery: Beneficials<\/h2>\n<p>Some of these can sometimes be a household nuisance&#8211;for example, ladybugs and ants&#8211;or even dangerous in the case of certain spiders or various stinging insects such as yellowjackets and hornets.\u00a0 However, they all play a beneficial role in nature. Along those lines,\u00a0you may like to have a look at this helpful resource about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/permacultureplants.com\/functions\/insectary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insectary Plants<\/a> <\/strong>(part of a free online resource to help you discover and grow various plant species that are especially helpful at providing habitat and food for many insects).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-538 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/10\/AlleghenyMoundAnts.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/10\/AlleghenyMoundAnts-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Allegheny Mound Ants on a rock\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/10\/AlleghenyMoundAnts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/10\/AlleghenyMoundAnts-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6982'>\n\t\t\t\tAllegheny Mound Ants in Bristol, Maine<br> Photo taken: 7\/19\/2017\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/AmbushBug.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/AmbushBug-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Ambush Bug on some goldenrod flowers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/AmbushBug-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/AmbushBug-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-541'>\n\t\t\t\tAmbush Bugs\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A bald-faced hornet holding the remnants of an insect which was probably preyed upon by the hornet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7986'>\n\t\t\t\tBald-faced Hornets\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Blood-Colored-Checkered-Beetle-Zenodosus-sanguineus-102023.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Blood-Colored-Checkered-Beetle-Zenodosus-sanguineus-102023-e1697835234849-150x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blood-Colored Checkered Beetle (Zenodosus sanguineus)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13351\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13351'>\n\t\t\t\tBlood-Colored Checkered Beetle (<i>Zenodosus sanguineus<\/i>) (These beetles are predators of woodboring insects) (Bridgton, ME; 10\/20\/2023) (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Long, UMaine Extension)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Bumblebee visiting a Birdsfoot Trefoil flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-449'>\n\t\t\t\tBumblebee (Sometimes written as two words)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a queen bumblebee on a red clover flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-654'>\n\t\t\t\tBumblebee (queen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a honey bee visiting a dandelion blossom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-546'>\n\t\t\t\tHoney Bee (Sometimes written as one word)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Honey Bee visiting a cranberry blossom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-658'>\n\t\t\t\tHoney Bee visiting a cranberry blossom\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/AmericanCarrionBeetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/AmericanCarrionBeetle-e1681486512779-150x134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana) on a blade of wild chives\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5814\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5814'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Carrion Beetle (<i>Necrophila americana<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 6\/12\/2012)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/04\/Margined-Carrion-Beetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/04\/Margined-Carrion-Beetle-e1681486325664-150x135.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Margined Carrion Beetle, Oiceoptoma noveboracense\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12943\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12943'>\n\t\t\t\tMargined Carrion Beetle (<i>Oiceoptoma noveboracense<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 4\/11\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a dragonfly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-615'>\n\t\t\t\tDragonfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-Autumn-Meadowhawk-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-Autumn-Meadowhawk-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of an Autumn Meadowhawk\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-Autumn-Meadowhawk-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Dragonfly-Autumn-Meadowhawk-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-616'>\n\t\t\t\tAutumn Meadowhawk (dragonfly)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/dragonflies.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/dragonflies-e1647631577909-150x117.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Composite photo showing two images of a dragonfly in each image.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-617\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-617'>\n\t\t\t\tDragonflies (the nymphs are aquatic)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Dragonflies.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Dragonflies-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dragonflies\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Dragonflies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Dragonflies-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-135'>\n\t\t\t\tAdditional dragonfly images\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Bronze Ground Beetle, also called a Bronze Carabid.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11406'>\n\t\t\t\tBronze Ground Beetle (&#8220;Bronze Carabid&#8221;) (<i>Carabus nemoralis<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 5\/21\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Bronze Ground Beetle, also called a Bronze Carabid.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10239'>\n\t\t\t\tBronze Ground Beetle (&#8220;Bronze Carabid&#8221;) (<i>Carabus nemoralis<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 4\/3\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Gold-markedThread-Waisted-Wasp-Rockport-083020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Gold-markedThread-Waisted-Wasp-Rockport-083020-e1649875835518-150x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp in Rockport, Maine - August 30th, 2020\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11493\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11493'>\n\t\t\t\tGold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp (<i>Eremnophila aureonotata<\/i>) (Rockport, ME; 8\/30\/2020)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Great Golden Digger Wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus, captured in Detroit, Maine - August 19th, 2021\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11826'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Golden Digger Wasp (<i>Sphex ichneumoneus<\/i>) (solitary; females provision their rearing chambers or cells with katydids, one per cell with one egg deposited on each one) (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Morton; Detroit, Maine; 8\/19\/2021)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Greene&#039;s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa greenei) (Panton, VT - but also found in Maine) (9\/29\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Warren Chase)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15902'>\n\t\t\t\tGreene&#8217;s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (<i>Megarhyssa greenei<\/i>) (Panton, VT &#8211; but also found in Maine) (9\/29\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Warren Chase)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A species of Ichneumonidae wasp (Therion circumflexon) (North Anson, ME; 5\/23\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13604'>\n\t\t\t\tA species of Ichneumonidae wasp (<i>Therion circumflexon<\/i>) (North Anson, ME; 5\/23\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Lacewing.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Lacewing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Green Lacewing atop a cranberry upright - click to see some images of their eggs as well\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Lacewing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Lacewing-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-548'>\n\t\t\t\tLacewings\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/LadybugLarva.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/LadybugLarva-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a ladybug larva\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/LadybugLarva-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/LadybugLarva-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-551'>\n\t\t\t\tLadybug Larva\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugLarva.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugLarva-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Ladybug Larva with Green Peach Aphids\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugLarva-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugLarva-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-851'>\n\t\t\t\tLadybug Larva with Green Peach Aphids\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/LadybugLarva-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/LadybugLarva-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a ladybug larva on a cranberry leaf\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/LadybugLarva-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/LadybugLarva-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-686'>\n\t\t\t\tLadybug larva on a cranberry leaf\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/02\/Convergent-Lady-Beetle-Hippodamia-convergens-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/02\/Convergent-Lady-Beetle-Hippodamia-convergens-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/02\/Convergent-Lady-Beetle-Hippodamia-convergens-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/02\/Convergent-Lady-Beetle-Hippodamia-convergens-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12731'>\n\t\t\t\tConvergent Lady Beetle (<i>Hippodamia convergens<\/i>) (voracious aphid predator; used commercially in biological control programs)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugs.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugs-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Two-spotted Ladybugs (aphid predators) (Adalia bipunctata)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Aphids-ladybugs-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-852'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo-spotted Lady Beetles (aphid predators) (<i>Adalia bipunctata<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle on a leaf with some aphids, which ladybugs prey upon.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4720'>\n\t\t\t\tMulticolored Asian Lady Beetle (adults feed on aphids, thrips, mites, scale insects and other soft-bodied arthropods)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle on a windowsill\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8642'>\n\t\t\t\tMulticolored Asian Lady Beetle &#8212; ID Tip: The large, black <b>&#8216;W&#8217;<\/b> pattern that can be seen just behind the head is a handy way of identifying the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle from other types of ladybugs.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle on a rose leaf\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-CDA-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8641'>\n\t\t\t\tMulticolored Asian Lady Beetle on a rose leaf\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetles-labeled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetles-labeled-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A group of Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles (adults move indoors in search of warm places to spend the winter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetles-labeled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetles-labeled-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4729'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup of Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles (adults move indoors in search of warm places to spend the winter)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-labeled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-labeled-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Closeup of a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle with the following ID tip written on the photo: The large, black &#039;W&#039; or &#039;M&#039; pattern (depending on orientation) that can be seen just behind the head is a handy way of identifying the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle from other species of ladybugs.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-labeled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/12\/Multicolored-Asian-Lady-Beetle-labeled-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4728'>\n\t\t\t\tMulticolored Asian Lady Beetle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchCaterpillar.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchCaterpillar-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a pair of mature Monarch caterpillars\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchCaterpillar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchCaterpillar-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-178'>\n\t\t\t\tMonarch caterpillars (5th and final instar stage) (on host plant, milkweed)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchButterfly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchButterfly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a Monarch Butterfly resting on a rose\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchButterfly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/MonarchButterfly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177'>\n\t\t\t\tA young Monarch butterfly resting on a rose (central Maine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Painted-Lady-Boothbay-Maine-090108.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Painted-Lady-Boothbay-Maine-090108-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of an American Lady butterfly in Boothbay, Maine (9\/1\/2008)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Painted-Lady-Boothbay-Maine-090108-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Painted-Lady-Boothbay-Maine-090108-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8710'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Lady Butterfly (<i>Vanessa virginiensis<\/i>) (Boothbay, Maine; 9\/1\/2008) (also called American Painted Lady and very similar to <i>Vanessa cardui<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/12\/PaintedLady-101017-e1648571135943-150x131.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a Painted Lady butterfly taken at Schoodic Point in Winter Harbor, Maine on Oct. 10th, 2017.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7004\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7004'>\n\t\t\t\tPainted Lady Butterfly (<i>Vanessa cardui<\/i>) (Schoodic Point in Winter Harbor, Maine; 10\/10\/2017)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PrayingMantis.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PrayingMantis-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a pair of mating Praying Mantids (also written as Mantises)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PrayingMantis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PrayingMantis-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-555'>\n\t\t\t\tPraying Mantids<br \/>(also written as Praying Mantises)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/02\/Carolina-Mantis-Stagmomantis-carolina-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/02\/Carolina-Mantis-Stagmomantis-carolina-JFD-e1677533908569-150x123.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a species of praying mantis called the Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12748\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12748'>\n\t\t\t\tCarolina Mantis (<i>Stagmomantis carolina<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Pseudoscorpion.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Pseudoscorpion-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Pseudoscorpion\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Pseudoscorpion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Pseudoscorpion-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195'>\n\t\t\t\tA species of pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpions are considered beneficial organisms as they eat a large number of tiny pest invertebrates.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/04\/Red-Flat-Bark-Beetle-PWirth-041122-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/04\/Red-Flat-Bark-Beetle-PWirth-041122-scaled-e1649857854838-150x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes) on a person&#039;s finger\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12179\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12179'>\n\t\t\t\tRed Flat Bark Beetle (<i>Cucujus clavipes<\/i>) (they are predators on other insects) (York County, ME; April 11th, 2022) (Photo courtesy of P. Wirth)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Robber-Fly-Efferia-aestuans-JDill-071722b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Robber-Fly-Efferia-aestuans-JDill-071722b-e1658423457417-150x137.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a robber fly in Maine, Efferia aestuans; photographed on July 17th, 2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12454\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12454'>\n\t\t\t\tRobber Fly (female <i>Efferia aestuans<\/i>) (Scarbarough, ME; 7\/17\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Robber-Fly-Efferia-aestuans-JDill-071722.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Robber-Fly-Efferia-aestuans-JDill-071722-e1658423407484-150x142.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a robber fly in Maine, Efferia aestuans; photographed on July 17th, 2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12453\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12453'>\n\t\t\t\tRobber Fly (female <i>Efferia aestuans<\/i>) (Scarbarough, ME; 7\/17\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Species of rove beetle (possibly Ocypus nitens)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10227'>\n\t\t\t\tRove Beetle (possibly <i>Ocypus nitens<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ontholestes cingulatus - a species of rove beetle called &quot;Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle&quot; - photographed June 3rd, 2011 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13394'>\n\t\t\t\tGold-and-brown Rove Beetle (<i>Ontholestes cingulatus<\/i>) (Boothbay Harbor, ME; 6\/3\/2011)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918b-e1662486447143-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Hairy Rove beetle beside a U.S. dime for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7318\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7318'>\n\t\t\t\tHairy Rove Beetle (<i>Creophilus maxillosus<\/i>); Etna, ME, 6\/9\/2018.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A &quot;Hairy rove beetle&quot; rolled up into a defensive ball-like posture\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7319'>\n\t\t\t\tHairy Rove Beetle; Etna, ME, 6\/9\/2018 (same specimen from the adjacent photo, but here it is displaying its defensive, ball-like posture)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/04\/JumpingSpider3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/04\/JumpingSpider3-e1649857902980-150x137.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Jumping Spider, representing spiders in general as being beneficial\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1714\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1714'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/photo-gallery\/spiders\/\"><b>Spiders<\/a><\/b>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-20161.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-20161-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a mass of springtails floating in a puddle of water\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-20161-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-20161-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6485'>\n\t\t\t\tSpringtails (Photo courtesy of C Senn. Lincolnville, ME; 3\/11\/2016)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"closeup image of a springtail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6712'>\n\t\t\t\tCloseup of a globular springtail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Springtails-collembola.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/Springtails-collembola-e1649858133119-150x121.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of many springtails collected from a cranberry bog\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-210\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210'>\n\t\t\t\tSpringtails (snowfleas) collected from a cranberry bog\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A spring firefly larva photographed on May 10th, 2024 in Fort Kent, Maine; genus Pyractomena (Photo courtesy of Rebeccah Douglas-Leblond)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13594'>\n\t\t\t\tSpring Firefly larva (Genus <i>Pyractomena<\/i>) (5\/10\/2024; Fort Kent, ME) (Photo courtesy of Rebeccah Douglas-Leblond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Firefly larva (Genus Pyractomena) (9\/30\/2024; Kennebunk, ME) (Photo courtesy of Kari Gates)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13908'>\n\t\t\t\tFirefly larva (Genus <i>Pyractomena<\/i>) (9\/30\/2024; Kennebunk, ME) (Photo courtesy of Kari Gates)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/01\/Podisus-placidus-071422-RyanS.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/01\/Podisus-placidus-071422-RyanS-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Nymphal stage of a species of predatory stink bug (Podisus placidus) (Farmington, ME; 7\/14\/2022)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/01\/Podisus-placidus-071422-RyanS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/01\/Podisus-placidus-071422-RyanS-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16097'>\n\t\t\t\tNymphal stage of a species of predatory stink bug (<i>Podisus placidus<\/i>) (Farmington, ME; 7\/14\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Ryan S) (these bugs are beneficial predators of pest caterpillars like tent caterpillars and corn borers)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Margined Calligrapher syrphid fly (Toxomerus marginatus)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-688'>\n\t\t\t\tMargined Calligrapher (<i>Toxomerus marginatus<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Toxomerus-marginatus-Syrphidae-070708.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Toxomerus-marginatus-Syrphidae-070708-e1649858065166-150x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Margined Calligrapher syrphid fly (Toxomerus marginatus) feeding on pollen and\/or nectar from a hop clover flower7\/7\/2008 (their larvae feed on aphids, thrips, and small caterpillars)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8605\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8605'>\n\t\t\t\tMargined Calligrapher (<i>Toxomerus marginatus<\/i>) feeding on pollen and\/or nectar from a hop clover flower; 7\/7\/2008 (their larvae feed on aphids, thrips, and small caterpillars)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Syrphid-Fly-Dana-Wilde-from-Unity-mid-July-2013.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Syrphid-Fly-Dana-Wilde-from-Unity-mid-July-2013-e1647631689781-150x130.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Tufted Globetail syrphid fly (Sphaerophoria contigua) (Photo courtesy of Dana Wilde from Unity, ME) (mid July, 2013)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4437\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4437'>\n\t\t\t\tTufted Globetail (<i>Sphaerophoria contigua<\/i>) (Photo courtesy of Dana Wilde from Unity, ME) (mid July, 2013)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-DroneFly-03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-DroneFly-03-e1649858013381-150x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), a species of syrphid fly that mimics a honey bee drone\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-687\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-687'>\n\t\t\t\tCommon Drone Fly (<i>Eristalis tenax<\/i>) (a species of syrphid fly that mimics a honey bee drone)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/DroneFly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/DroneFly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) on an aster flower (Drone fly is sometimes written as one word: Dronefly)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/DroneFly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/DroneFly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-727'>\n\t\t\t\tCommon Drone Fly (<i>Eristalis tenax<\/i>)  (Drone fly is sometimes written as one word: Dronefly)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Transverse-banded Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa) (example of a species that mimics bee\/yellowjacket patterning)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-685'>\n\t\t\t\tTransverse-banded Flower Fly (<i>Eristalis transversa<\/i>) (another example of a species that mimics bee\/yellowjacket patterning)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/TachinidFlies-01a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/TachinidFlies-01a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tachina (Tachinid) Fly (most members act as parasitoids on caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, etc.)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/TachinidFlies-01a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/TachinidFlies-01a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-690'>\n\t\t\t\tTachinid Fly (most members act as parasitoids on caterpillars, beetles, grasshoppers, etc.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Tachinid fly - probably Hystricia abrupta\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11415'>\n\t\t\t\tTachinid fly (likely <i>Hystricia abrupta<\/i>) (Newburgh, ME; 7\/28\/2020) The adults of this species feed on nectar and their larvae develop inside caterpillars (Photo courtesy of J Atherton)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Pair of mating Tachinid flies (Juriniopsis adusta) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13720'>\n\t\t\t\tPair of mating Tachinid flies (<i>Juriniopsis adusta<\/i>) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Pair of mating Tachinid flies (Juriniopsis adusta) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13719'>\n\t\t\t\tPair of mating Tachinid flies (<i>Juriniopsis adusta<\/i>) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tachinid - Ashley Anderson (Dayton, ME) (July 2013)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013b-720x713.jpg 720w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4471'>\n\t\t\t\tTachinid Fly &#8211; Photo courtesy of Ashley Anderson (Dayton, ME) (July 2013)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tachinid-Ashley-Anderson-Dayton-ME-July-2013a-e1647631762781-150x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tachinid - Ashley Anderson (Dayton, ME) (July 2013)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4469\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4469'>\n\t\t\t\tTachinid Fly &#8211; Photo courtesy of Ashley Anderson (Dayton, ME) (July 2013)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-fly-Genus-Cylindromyia-061808.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-fly-Genus-Cylindromyia-061808-e1678376504655-150x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Tachinid fly in the genus Cylindromyia\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11431\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11431'>\n\t\t\t\tA Tachinid fly in the genus <i>Cylindromyia<\/i> (they are common flower visitors in open\/weedy areas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/TachinidFlies-01b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/TachinidFlies-01b-e1647631800658-150x132.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Tachinid Fly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-689\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-689'>\n\t\t\t\tTachinid Fly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Tomentose Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus) covered with 10 or more phoretic mites as well (South Portland, ME; 8\/28\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Michael Hanson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15803'>\n\t\t\t\tTomentose Burying Beetle (<i>Nicrophorus tomentosus<\/i>) with a group of phoretic mites hitching a ride (South Portland, ME; 8\/28\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Michael Hanson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Type of carrion beetle called the Roundneck Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) covered in phoretic\/hitch-hiking mites (Bar Harbor, ME; 9\/15\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Tony Preston-Schreck)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15856'>\n\t\t\t\tRoundneck Sexton Beetle (<i>Nicrophorus orbicollis<\/i>) covered in hitch-hiking phoretic mites (Bar Harbor, ME; 9\/15\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Tony Preston-Schreck)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) (Old Town, ME; 5\/30\/2025) (people often see one of these and then assume it&#039;s an emerald ash borer due mostly to their metallic green color)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-053025-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15937'>\n\t\t\t\tSix-spotted Tiger Beetle (<i>Cicindela sexguttata<\/i>) (Old Town, ME; 5\/30\/2025) (people often see one of these and assume it&#8217;s an emerald ash borer due mostly to their metallic green color)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) Orono, ME; 5\/12\/2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12383'>\n\t\t\t\tSix-spotted Tiger Beetle (<i>Cicindela sexguttata<\/i>) (Orono, ME; 5\/12\/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew) (some variants are more bluish in color and don&#8217;t always have the white spots or have only two instead of six)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Guinea Paper Wasps (Polistes exclamans) resting on their nest and guarding it\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-452'>\n\t\t\t\tGuinea Paper Wasps (<i>Polistes exclamans<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Northern Paper Wasp (known also by three other common names: Dark Paper Wasp, Golden Paper Wasp and the Common Paper Wasp)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-450'>\n\t\t\t\tNorthern Paper Wasp (<i>Polistes fuscatus<\/i>) (known also by three other common names: Dark Paper Wasp, Golden Paper Wasp and the Common Paper Wasp)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/VespidWasp.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/VespidWasp-e1647631962679-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Catskill Potter Wasp (Ancistrocerus catskill) on a daisy fleabane flower (Troy, ME; 6\/17\/2008) (This wasp is a solitary species of Vespid wasp in the group known as Potter and Mason wasps.)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-456\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-456'>\n\t\t\t\tCatskill Potter Wasp (<i>Ancistrocerus catskill<\/i>) (Troy, ME; 6\/17\/2008) (This wasp is a solitary species of Vespid wasp in the group known as Potter and Mason wasps.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Sand wasp (Bicyrtes ventralis) resting on a Black-eyed Susan flower in Troy, Maine - July 29th, 2009. Sand wasps are solitary, non-aggressive and beneficial.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10951'>\n\t\t\t\tA sand wasp (<i>Bicyrtes ventralis)<\/i> (Troy, Maine; 7\/29\/2009) Sand wasps are solitary, non-aggressive and beneficial.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Yellowjacket.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Yellowjacket-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Common Aerial Yellowjacket worker (side view)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Yellowjacket-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Yellowjacket-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-446'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\">Yellowjackets<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column538_12c5d4-03 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column538_12c5d4-03\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3>Additional Photos and Information:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/allegheny-mound-ant\/\"><b>Allegheny Mound Ants<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/ambush-bugs-and-assassin-bugs\/\"><b>Ambush Bugs<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/american-carrion-beetle\/\"><strong><b>American Carrion Beetle<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anchor Stink Bug<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/ants\/\"><b>Ants<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Overall\/ecologically, ants are beneficial)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/bald-faced-hornet\/\"><strong>Bald-faced Hornets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blood-colored Checkered Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/beneficials\/bronze-carabid\/\"><strong>Bronze Carabid \/ Bronze Ground Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><b>Bumblebees<\/b><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) \u2014 <em>see also<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/manual\/ecology\/how-to-create-a-bee-friendly-landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>How to Create a Bee-Friendly Landscape<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/4821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Carolina Mantis<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carrion Beetles<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/12445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>American Burying Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus americanus)<\/i> (endangered) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/american-carrion-beetle\/\"><strong><b>American Carrion Beetle<\/b><\/strong><\/a> (<i>Necrophila americana<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Banded Sexton Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus investigator<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Species\" href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/32505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Boreal Burying Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus vespilloides<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/margined-carrion-beetle\/\"><strong>Margined Carrion Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Oiceoptoma noveboracense<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/32497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Roundneck Sexton Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus orbicollis<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/28744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tomentose Burying Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus tomentosus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/8374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Convergent Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/dragonflies\/\"><strong>Dragonflies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/beneficials\/bronze-carabid\/\"><strong>European Ground Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/748294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Firefly larvae<\/strong><\/a> (Genus <em>Pyractomena<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1582841\/bgimage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Golden Paper Wasps<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insectlab.russell.wisc.edu\/2020\/08\/17\/great-golden-digger-wasp-another-asian-giant-hornet-look-alike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Great Golden Digger Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (prey includes katydids, grasshoppers, etc.) (Univ. of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/84170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greene\u2019s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/ground-beetles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ground and Tiger Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.cals.cornell.edu\/extension\/wild-pollinators\/native-bees-your-backyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ground-nesting Solitary Bees<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bee-health.extension.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Honey bees<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (eXtension.org)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ichneumonid wasps<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/84170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greene\u2019s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1984740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>Therion circumflexum<\/i><\/strong><\/a><i> <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu\/lacewings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lacewings<\/strong><\/a> (Virginia Tech)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ladybugs \/ Ladybird Beetles<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/8374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Convergent Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/multicolored-asian-lady-beetle\/\"><strong>Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/78798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Two-spotted Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Paper Wasps<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.ca.uky.edu\/ef703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Praying Mantids<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Univ. of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umd.edu\/resource\/predatory-stink-bugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Predatory Stink Bugs<\/a><\/strong> (Univ. of Maryland)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/237854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>Podisus maculiventris<\/i><\/strong><\/a> (Spined Soldier Bug) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/237876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Podisus placidus<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) (great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1999905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>nymph example<\/strong><\/a> at BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Pseudoscorpions<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dept.psu.edu\/nkbiology\/naturetrail\/speciespages\/flat_bark_beetle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Red Flat Bark Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State \/ New Kensington)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.ces.ncsu.edu\/biological-control-information-center\/beneficial-predators\/robber-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Robber Flies<\/strong><\/a> (NC State Extension)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/20274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Efferia aestuans<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/32497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Roundneck Sexton Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus orbicollis<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hort.extension.wisc.edu\/articles\/rove-beetles-staphylinidae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Rove Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (University of Wisconsin-Madison)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/15625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hairy Rove Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/210018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Ocypus nitens<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nature.mdc.mo.gov\/discover-nature\/field-guide\/sand-wasps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sand Wasps<\/strong><\/a> (Missouri Dept of Conservation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Six-spotted Tiger Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/spiders\/\"><strong>Spiders<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/237854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spined Soldier Bug<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/springtails\/\"><b>Springtails \/ Snowfleas<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/748294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spring Firefly larvae<\/strong><\/a> (Genus <em>Pyractomena<\/em>) (BugGuide.net) <strong>&#8212; <em>see also<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsuagcenter.com\/profiles\/bneely\/articles\/page1590080943471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring Fireflies <\/a><\/strong>(LSU College of Agriculture)<\/li>\n<li>Examples of some predatory <strong>Stink Bugs:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anchor Stink Bug<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/237854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spined Soldier Bug<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/syrphid-flies\/\"><b>Syrphid Flies<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (also called\u00a0Hover Flies or\u00a0Flower Flies)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span class=\"bgpage-taxon-desc\"><i>Cylindromyia<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/33088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Hystricia abrupta<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><i><strong>Juriniopsis adusta<\/strong> <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tachina (Tachinid) Flies<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu\/galveston\/beneficials\/beneficial-33_tiger_beetles.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Tiger Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Texas A&amp;M)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Species\" href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/28744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomentose Burying Beetle<\/a> <\/strong>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/78798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Two-spotted Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Yellowjackets\/Hornets\/Wasps<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Gallery: Beneficials Some of these can sometimes be a household nuisance&#8211;for example, ladybugs and ants&#8211;or even dangerous in the case of certain spiders or various stinging insects such as yellowjackets and hornets.\u00a0 However, they all play a beneficial role in nature. 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