bug characteristics
This chewing insect is brown with a dark stripe down its back.
alfafa weevil
What bug shreds leaves and can cause complete defoliation?
Alfalfa weevil
Ladybird beetle
Good
Yellow, orange, or red beetle with black spots that helps control pests.
ladybird beetle (good bug)
This green caterpillar with white stripes eats cabbage and broccoli leaves.
Cabbage looper
What larva is 1 to 2 inches long, hairless, and is smooth with a green or brown stripe down its back
army worm larva
This bug chews on leaves and can cut rice plants off before they grow.
armyworm
Honey Bee
Good bug
Green insect with see-through wings that eats harmful pests.
Green lasewing (good bug)
the bug chews holes in corn leaves and stalks and has a brown head with a white body.
Corn borer
What bug has a cone-shaped bag, and females dont have wings?
Bag worm
This insect eats evergreen needles, causing them to disappear.
Bagworm
Japanese beetle
bad bug
Metallic green beetle with brown wings that feeds on plants.
Japanese beetle (Bad bug)
the bug has long white hairs, forms webs, and feeds on trees.
Fall webworm
This bug is yellow or green with four black spots and black margins on its wings.
Bean leaf beetle
What bugs feed on the underside of leaves and spread disease from plant to plant?
Bean leaf beetle
Green lacewing
Good Bug
Yellow or green beetle with 12 black spots on each wing that damages crops
Spotted cucumber beetle (Bad bug)
This gray or brown larva feeds on leaves and causes skeletonized plant damage.
Leaf skeletonizer
This beetle has black and yellow stripes and is found on the underside of potato leaves.
Colorado potato beetle
This bug tunnels into plants and chews through bark
Borer
Western corn rootworm beetle
bad bug
Yellow or green beetle with three dark stripes down its back that damages corn roots.
Western corn rootworm beetle (Bad bug)
This pest damages plants by tunneling underground as a larva and attacking roots.
Wireworm