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FFA
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January 2003 |
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FFA
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January 2003 |
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| Common Name |
Order |
Host or Location |
Significance |
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Springtails |
Collembola |
Surface of puddles |
Variable |
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Silverfish |
Thysanura |
Trunk, closet |
Pest |
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Mayflies |
Ephemeroptera |
Near water |
Inconsequential |
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Black-winged damselfly |
Odonata |
Stream |
Beneficial |
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Green darner |
Odonata |
Stream |
Beneficial |
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Stoneflies |
Plecoptera |
Near water |
Inconsequential |
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Banded-winged grasshoppers |
Orthoptera |
Pasture |
Pest |
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Differential grasshopper |
Orthoptera |
Pasture |
Pest |
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Long-horned grasshoppers |
Orthoptera |
Shrubs/grass |
Pest |
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Mole crickets |
Orthoptera |
Sandy soil |
Pest |
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Snowy tree cricket |
Orthoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
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True katydid |
Orthoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
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American cockroach |
Blattaria |
House |
Pest |
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German cockroach |
Blattaria |
House |
Pest |
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Oriental cockroach |
Blattaria |
House |
Pest |
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Praying mantids |
Mantodea |
Shrubs, vegetation |
Beneficial |
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Walkingsticks |
Phasmida |
Shrubs, vegetation |
Pest |
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Earwigs |
Dermaptera |
Ground trash |
Pest |
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Termites |
Isoptera |
Wood, stumps |
Pest |
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Barklice |
Psocoptera |
Tree trunk |
Pest |
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Booklice |
Psocoptera |
Libraries, papers, books |
Pest |
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Chicken head louse |
Phthiraptera (Mallophaga) |
Poultry |
Pest |
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Head louse |
Phthiraptera (Anoplura) |
Humans |
Pest |
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Hog louse |
Phthiraptera (Anoplura) |
Swine |
Pest |
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Short-nosed cattle louse |
Phthiraptera (Anoplura) |
Cattle |
Pest |
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Ambush bug |
Hemiptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
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Assassin bug |
Hemiptera |
Field crops |
Beneficial |
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Backswimmer |
Hemiptera |
Pond |
Beneficial |
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Big-eyed bugs |
Hemiptera |
Field crops |
Beneficial |
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Boxelder bug |
Hemiptera |
Boxelder trees |
Pest |
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Burrower bug |
Hemiptera |
Grasses, peanuts |
Pest |
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Chinch bug |
Hemiptera |
Grass |
Pest |
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Cotton fleahopper |
Hemiptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
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False chinch bug |
Hemiptera |
Sorghum |
Pest |
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Giant water bug |
Hemiptera |
Water, ponds |
Pest |
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Green stink bug |
Hemiptera |
Weeds |
Pest |
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Harlequin bug |
Hemiptera |
Cole crops |
Pest |
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Large milkweed bug |
Hemiptera |
Milkweed |
Beneficial |
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Leaffooted bug |
Hemiptera |
Plants, weeds |
Pest |
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Minute pirate bugs |
Hemiptera |
Beneficial |
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Squash bug |
Hemiptera |
Squash |
Pest |
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Tarnished plant bug |
Hemiptera |
Plants, weeds |
Pest |
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Toad bug |
Hemiptera |
Shoreline |
Beneficial |
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Water boatman |
Hemiptera |
Pond |
Beneficial |
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Water scorpions |
Hemiptera |
Stream |
Beneficial |
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Water striders |
Hemiptera |
Pond |
Beneficial |
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Wheel bug |
Hemiptera |
Vegetation |
Beneficial |
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Thrips |
Thysanoptera |
Flowers |
Variable |
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Aphids |
Homoptera |
Corn, sorghum |
Pest |
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Armored scales |
Homoptera |
Trees, shrubs |
Pest |
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Cicadas |
Homoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
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Greenbug |
Homoptera |
Small grains |
Pest |
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Leafhoppers |
Homoptera |
Grasses |
Pest |
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Pecan phylloxera |
Homoptera |
Pecans |
Pest |
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Planthoppers |
Homoptera |
Various plants |
Pest |
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Soft scales |
Homoptera |
Ornamental trees |
Pest |
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Spittlebugs |
Homoptera |
Alfalfa |
Pest |
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Treehoppers |
Homoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
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Whiteflies |
Homoptera |
Vegetables, cotton |
Pest |
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Antlions |
Neuroptera |
Plants |
Beneficial |
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Dobsonflies |
Neuroptera |
Stream |
Beneficial |
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Lacewings |
Neuroptera |
Alfalfa |
Beneficial |
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Mantispids (Mantidflies) |
Neuroptera |
Woodlots |
Beneficial |
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Owlflies |
Neuroptera |
At lights |
Beneficial |
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Alfalfa weevil |
Coleoptera |
Alfalfa |
Pest |
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Blister beetles |
Coleoptera |
Plants, alfalfa, weeds |
Pest |
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Boll weevil |
Coleoptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
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Carpet beetles |
Coleoptera |
Wool carpets |
Pest |
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Carrion beetles |
Coleoptera |
Dead animals |
Beneficial |
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Caterpillar hunter |
Coleoptera |
Woodland |
Beneficial |
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Click beetles |
Coleoptera |
Corn, field crops |
Pest |
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Colorado potato beetle |
Coleoptera |
Potatoes |
Pest |
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Confused flour beetle |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
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Maize weevil (rice weevil) |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
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Cottonwood borer |
Coleoptera |
Cottonwood trees |
Pest |
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Elm leaf beetle |
Coleoptera |
Elm trees |
Pest |
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Fireflies (lightningbugs) |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Inconsequential |
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Flat-headed borer (Metallic wood borer) |
Coleoptera |
Trees |
Pest |
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Flea beetles |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Pest |
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Lady beetles |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Beneficial |
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Lesser grain borer |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
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Locust borer |
Coleoptera |
Black locust |
Pest |
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May beetles (June beetles or Junebugs) |
Coleoptera |
Shrubs |
Pest |
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Mealworm |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
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Plum curculio |
Coleoptera |
Peaches |
Pest |
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Predaceous diving beetles |
Coleoptera |
Ponds |
Beneficial |
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Rove beetles |
Coleoptera |
At lights |
Inconsequential |
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Sawtoothed grain beetle |
Coleoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
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Soldier beetles |
Coleoptera |
Flowers |
Inconsequential |
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Spotted cucumber beetle |
Coleoptera |
Weeds |
Pest |
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Sweet potato weevil |
Coleoptera |
Sweet potatoes |
Pest |
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Tiger beetles |
Coleoptera |
Shady trails |
Beneficial |
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Tumbling flower beetles |
Coleoptera |
On flowers |
Inconsequential |
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Water scavenger beetles |
Coleoptera |
Stream |
Inconsequential |
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Whirlygig beetles |
Coleoptera |
Stream |
Inconsequential |
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Scorpionflies |
Mecoptera |
Plants |
Inconsequential |
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Caddisflies |
Trichoptera |
Near stream |
Inconsequential |
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Alfalfa caterpillar (clouded sulfur) |
Lepidoptera |
Alfalfa |
Pest |
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Armyworm |
Lepidoptera |
Grasses |
Pest |
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Bagworm |
Lepidoptera |
Juniper |
Pest |
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Black swallowtail |
Lepidoptera |
Carrots, weeds |
Pest |
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Bollworm or corn earworm |
Lepidoptera |
Cotton, corn, other crops |
Pest |
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Buckeye |
Lepidoptera |
Plantain |
Inconsequential |
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Cabbage butterflies |
Lepidoptera |
Cole crops |
Pest |
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Cabbage looper |
Lepidoptera |
General feeder |
Pest |
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Cecropia |
Lepidoptera |
Oak |
Pest |
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Cutworms |
Lepidoptera |
General feeder |
Pest |
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Fall webworm |
Lepidoptera |
Pecans |
Pest |
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Fall armyworm |
Lepidoptera |
Grasses |
Pest |
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Forest tent caterpillar |
Lepidoptera |
Broad-leaved trees |
Pest |
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Giant swallowtail |
Lepidoptera |
Citrus |
Pest |
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Gray hairstreak (Cotton square borer) |
Lepidoptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
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Great leopard moth |
Lepidoptera |
Weeds |
Inconsequential |
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Greater wax moth |
Lepidoptera |
Beehive |
Pest |
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Indian meal moth |
Lepidoptera |
Stored grain |
Pest |
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Io moth |
Lepidoptera |
Trees, corn |
Pest |
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Luna moth |
Lepidoptera |
Oak |
Pest |
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Monarch |
Lepidoptera |
Milkweed |
Pest |
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Mourningcloak butterfly |
Lepidoptera |
Willow |
Inconsequential |
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Peach tree borer |
Lepidoptera |
Peach trees |
Pest |
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Pecan nut casebearer |
Lepidoptera |
Pecans |
Pest |
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Pink bollworm |
Lepidoptera |
Cotton |
Pest |
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Polyphemus |
Lepidoptera |
Oaks |
Pest |
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Question mark |
Lepidoptera |
Elms |
Pest |
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Red admiral |
Lepidoptera |
Nettles |
Inconsequential |
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Saltmarsh caterpillar |
Lepidoptera |
Grasses, weeds |
Pest |
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Silver‑spotted skipper |
Lepidoptera |
Black locust |
Inconsequential |
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Sorghum webworm |
Lepidoptera |
Sorghum |
Pest |
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Southwestern corn borer |
Lepidoptera |
Grain crops |
Pest |
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Tiger swallowtail |
Lepidoptera |
Cherry |
Pest |
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Tomato hornworm |
Lepidoptera |
Tomatoes |
Pest |
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Underwing moths |
Lepidoptera |
Trees |
Inconsequential |
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Viceroy |
Lepidoptera |
Poplar |
Inconsequential |
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White‑lined sphinx |
Lepidoptera |
Around lights |
Pest |
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Wood nymph |
Lepidoptera |
Thick woods |
Inconsequential |
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Bee flies |
Diptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
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Black flies |
Diptera |
Stream |
Pest |
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Blow flies |
Diptera |
Carrion |
Variable |
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Common cattle grub |
Diptera |
Cattle |
Pest |
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Crane flies |
Diptera |
Meadow |
Inconsequential |
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Deer fly |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
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Flesh flies |
Diptera |
Carrion |
Pest |
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Fruit flies |
Diptera |
Ripe & rotten fruit |
Pest |
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Horn fly |
Diptera |
Cattle |
Pest |
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Horse fly |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
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House fly |
Diptera |
Barn |
Pest |
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Mosquitoes |
Diptera |
Yard and meadow |
Pest |
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Mydas fly |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Inconsequential |
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Robber flies |
Diptera |
Woodlands |
Beneficial |
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Sheep keds |
Diptera |
Sheep |
Pest |
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Sorghum midge |
Diptera |
Sorghum |
Pest |
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Stable fly |
Diptera |
Cattle |
Pest |
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Syrphid fly (flower fly) |
Diptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
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Fleas |
Siphonaptera |
Cat, dog |
Pest |
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Baldfaced hornet |
Hymenoptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
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Bumblebees |
Hymenoptera |
Meadow |
Beneficial |
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Carpenter bees |
Hymenoptera |
Fence posts |
Pest |
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Cicada killer |
Hymenoptera |
Soil |
Beneficial |
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Honeybee |
Hymenoptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
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Horntails |
Hymenoptera |
Logs |
Pest |
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Ichneumon wasps |
Hymenoptera |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
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Leafcutting bees |
Hymenoptera |
Flowers |
Pest |
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Mud daubers |
Hymenoptera |
Buildings |
Beneficial |
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Potter wasps |
Hymenoptera |
Building |
Pest |
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Red imported fire ant |
Hymenoptera |
Pastures, lawns |
Pest |
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Red harvester ant |
Hymenoptera |
Pastures |
Pest |
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Tarantula hawk |
Hymenoptera |
Woodlands |
Beneficial |
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Texas leafcutting ant |
Hymenoptera |
Woodlands |
Pest |
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Velvet ants |
Hymenoptera |
Soil |
Pest |
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Yellowjackets |
Hymenoptera |
House eaves |
Pest |
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Brown dog tick |
Acari |
Dog |
Pest |
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Fowl tick (blue bug) |
Acari |
Poultry |
Pest |
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Lone star tick |
Acari |
Cattle |
Pest |
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Spider mites |
Acari |
Plants |
Pest |
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Crab spiders |
Araneae |
Flowers |
Beneficial |
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Jumping spiders |
Araneae |
Garden |
Beneficial |
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Recluse spiders |
Araneae |
Board piles |
Pest |
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Tarantulas |
Araneae |
Soil |
Beneficial |
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Widow spiders |
Araneae |
Woodlots |
Pest |
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Wolf spiders |
Araneae |
Under rocks |
Beneficial |
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Yellow garden spider |
Araneae |
Garden |
Beneficial |
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Scorpions |
Scorpionida |
Log piles |
Pest |
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Sun spiders (Wind scorpions) |
Solpugida |
Arid regions |
Inconsequential |
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Vinegaroons |
Uropygi |
Arid regions |
Pest |
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Centipedes |
Class Chilopoda |
Pest |
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Millipedes |
Class Diplopoda |
Leaf litter |
Pest |
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Sowbugs and pillbugs |
Isopoda |
Compost |
Pest |
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