INSECTS & THEIR SCIENTIFIC NAMES
| INJURIOUS INSECTS | ||
| Name | Scientific Name | |
| Bed bug | Cimex lectularius | |
| mosquito | genus Culex | |
| Mosquito | genus Anopheles | |
| Body louse | Pediculus humanus | |
| Chicken louse | genus Mallophaga | |
| Carpet beetle | Attagenus piceus | |
| June beetle | gunus Scarabaeidae | |
| June beetle | Grub | |
| Codling mouth | Carpocapsa pomonella | |
| Larder beetle | Dermestes lardarius | |
| Mole cricket | gunus Ggryllotalpa | |
| Tsetse fly | genus Glossina | |
| Clothes mouth | Tineola bisselliella | |
| Gall midge | Family cecidomyidae | |
| ant | Family formicidae | |
| Phylloxera | Dactylosphaera vitifoliae | |
| Deer fly | Chrysops discalis | |
| Midge | genus culicoides | |
| Plant house/aphide | Family aphididae | |
| Click beetle | Family Elateridae | |
| Oriental roach | Blatta orientalis | |
| Rice weevil | genus Sutiohiluls | |
| Cockroach | Blatella germanica | |
| Cricket | Gryllus domesticus | |
| Gipsy moth | Lymantria disoar | |
| Firebrat | Genus thermobia | |
| Cutworm larva | Family noctuidae | |
| Cabbage butterfly | Pieis rapae | |
| Bark beetle | Family Scolytidae | |
| White pine weevil | Genus pissodes | |
| Metallia wood borer | Family buprestidae | |
| Earwig | Forficula auricularia | |
| Maple borer | Family cerambycidae | |
| Horntail | Genus Uroserus | |
| Asparagus beetle | Crioceris asparagi | |
| Palm borer | Family bostrichidae | |
| Cotton boll weevil | Anthonomus grandis | |
| Potato beetle | Leptinotarsus decemlineata | |
| Grasshopper | Family acrididae | |
| Blister beetle | Epicauta pennsyl vanicus | |
| Tarnished plant bug | Lygus pratensis | |
| Housefly | Musca domestica | |
| Japaneesee beetle | Popillia japonica | |
| Rose chafer | Macrodactylus subspinosus | |
| Termite | Genus kalotermes winged form | |
| Wireworm | Larva of click beetle | |
| botfly | Genus gasterophilus | |
| BENEFICIAL INSECTS | |||
| name | Scientific name | ||
| Tiger beetle | Genus cicindella | ||
| Fiery hunter | Calosoma calidus | ||
| Syrphus or hover flu | Genus Syrphus | ||
| Tachina mantis | Genus Winthemia | ||
| Praying mantis | Paratenodera sinensis | ||
| Syrphus fly | Larva | ||
| Iceneumon fly | Genus Ephialtes | ||
| Tachina fly | Alophora diversa | ||
| Darning needle | Anax junius | ||
| Dragon fly | Libellula semifasciata | ||
| Scorpion fly | Pabiraoa ryfescebs | ||
| Assassin fly | Genus Erax | ||
| Ichneumon fly | Genus Amblyteles | ||
| Big-headed fly | Genus Pipunculus | ||
| Bee fly | Villa alternate | ||
| Spanish fly | Lytta vesicatoria | ||
| Damsel fly | Genus agrion | ||
| Dance fly | Genus Empis | ||
| Ladybird | Adalia bipunctata | ||
| Digger wasp | Genus ammohila | ||
| Ant lion | Hesperoleon abdominalis | ||
| Lacewing | Genus Chysopa, with eggs | ||
| Digger wasp | Bembidula quadrifasciatus | ||
| Rove beetle | Genus Staphlinus | ||
| Assassin bug | Sinea diadema | ||
| Mud dauber | Genus Scleripheron | ||
| Potter waso | Genus Enumenses | ||
| Gound beetle | Genus Pterosticus | ||
| Caterpillar hunter | Calosoma scrutator | ||
| Cicada killer | Sphecius speciosus | ||
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