Beneficial Arthropods

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Beneficial Arthropods

Class Arachnida, Order Acari (mites)
	Phytoseiidae, predatory mites
Class Arachnida, Order Araneae (spiders)
	Spiders (many families)
Crab spider, Misumenoides formosipes (Thomisidae) David Keith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera (beetles)
	Cantharidae, soldier beetles Carabidae, ground beetles Cicindelidae, tiger beetles Coccinellidae, lady beetles
Class Insecta, Order Diptera (flies)
	Asilidae, robber flies Cecidomyiidae, gall and predatory midges Syrphidae, syrphid, hover or flower flies Tachinidae, tachinid flies
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
	Anthocoridae, minute pirate bugs Lygaeidae, bigeyed bugs Miridae, pirate bugs Pentatomidae, stink bugs Reduviidae, assassin bugs

Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera (wasps)
	Aphelinidae, aphelinid wasps Braconidae, braconid wasps Chalcididae, chalcidid or gall wasps Encyrtidae, encyrtid wasps Ichneumonidae, ichneumonid wasps Scelionidae, scelionid wasps Trichogrammatidae, trichogrammatid wasps Vespidae, yellow jackets, hornets, common wasps
Class Insecta, Order Neuroptera (lacewings, mantidflies)
	Chrysopidae, green lacewings Hemerobiidae, brown lacewings Mantispidae, mantidflies
Class Insecta, Order Thysanoptera (thrips)
	Aleolothripidae, predatory thrips Phlaeothripidae, predatory thrips

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