WSU Tree Fruit
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Beneficials
Natural Enemies and Beneficial Insects
Lady beetles
Convergent lady beetle, transverse lady beetle, black lady beetle,
Scymnus
spp., mealybug destroyer
Parasitic flies
Tachinid flies
Parasitic wasps
Anagrus
sp.
Apanteles
sp.
Aphelinus mali
Parasitic wasps (cont’d)
Aphelopus typhlocyba
Ascogaster quadridentata
Colpoclypeus florus
Ichneumonid wasps
Parasitic wasps (cont’d)
Macrocentrus ancylivorus
Pnigalio flavipes
Trechnites insidiosus
Trichogramma
spp.
Pollinator
Honeybee
Predatory bugs
Anthocorids
Camplylomma
Deraeocoris
Other predatory bugs
Predatory flies
Cecidomyiid flies
Leucopus
spp.
Syrphid flies
Predatory mites
Amblydromella caudiglans
Typhlodromus occidentalis
Typhlodromus pyri
Zetzellia mali
Other phytoseiids
Predatory Neuroptera
Lacewings
Snakeflies
Predatory thrips
Sixspotted thrips, black hunter thrips
Other predators
Ants
Earwigs
Spiders
Vespid wasps