Good Bug vs Bad Bug
A guide to the war taking place on your plants
The Homopteran insects
Aphids
Mealybugs
Whiteflies
Scale Insects
Symptoms of Homoptera
Sooty mold
Aphids on roses
A small colony on the underside of a leaf
Symptoms of aphids
Leaves curled under, especially at the growing tip
Melon Aphid on citrus
Cabbage Aphid
The common Ladybug
Ladybug larva
Ladybug eggs
Coccinella ladybug adult
Coccinella larva
Harmonia ladybug adult
Harmonia larva
Harmonia pre-pupa
Harmonia pupa
Lacewing adult
Lacewing larva
Lacewing egg
Purple scale with exit hole
California Red Scale
Red Scale parasite - Aphytis
Soft Brown Scale
Black Scale nymphs
Black scale, nearly mature
Black Scale adults
Black Scale female with eggs
Black Scale parasite - Metaphycus
Cottony Cushion Scale
Aphid parasite - Lysiphlebus
Aphid “mummies”
Parasite exit holes
Symptoms of parasitism
Citrus Mealybug
Longtailed Mealybug
Mealybug Destroyer
Mealybug Destroyer larva
Mealybug parasite - Leptomastix
Purple Scale
Vedalia Beetle adult
Vedalia Beetle larva and pupa
CC Scale parasite - Cryptocheatum
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Giant Whitefly
Wooly Whitefly
Silverleaf Whitefly larvae
Greenhouse Whitefly larvae
Citrus Whitefly
Whitefly parasite - Encarsia
Whitefly parasite - Eretmocerus
Argentine Ant
Two Spotted Spider Mite
Predatory mite - persimilis
Western Flower Thrips
Greenhouse Thrips
Predatory thrips - Franklinothrips
Thrips predator - Franklinothrips
Thrips parasite - Thripobius
Western Tussock Moth
Amorbia egg mass
Trichogramma egg parasites
Diseased caterpillar
Syrphid Fly
Ambush Bug
Bee Assassin
Assassin Bug
Final Product