| Predators: A predator is an organism that attacks, kills, and feeds on several to many other individuals (its prey) in its lifetime. | | Common name | Scientific name | | Assassin bugs | Reduviidae family | | Bigeyed bugs | Geocoris spp. | | Brown lacewings | Hemerobius spp. | | Convergent lady beetle | Hippodamia convergens | | Damsel bugs | Nabis spp. | | Decollate snail | Rumina decollata | | Dustywings | Conwentzia barretti | | Euseius tularensis | Euseius tularensis | | Green lacewings | Chrysopa spp., Chrysoperla spp. | | Mantids | Mantidae family | | Mealybug destroyer | Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | | Minute pirate bugs | Orius spp., Anthocoris spp. | | Multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis | | Phytoseiulus persimilis | Phytoseiulus persimilis | | Praying mantids | Mantidae family | | Predaceous ground beetles | Carabidae family | | Predaceous midge, aphid midge | Aphidoletes aphidimyza | | Sevenspotted lady beetle | Coccinella septempunctata | | Sixspotted thrips | Scolothrips sexmaculatus | | Soldier beetles, leather-winged beetles | Cantharidae family | | Spider mite destroyer lady beetle | Stethorus picipes | | Syrphid flies | Syrphidae family | | Twicestabbed lady beetle | Chilocorus orbus | | Vedalia beetle | Rodolia cardinalis | | Western predatory mite | Galendromus occidentalis | | Insect parasites (parasitoids): Larval stages of insect parasites feed on or inside of other insects, killing their hosts. Adults are free-living wasps or flies. | | Common name | Scientific name | | Anaphes species | Anaphes iole, Anaphes nitens, and other Anaphes spp. | | Aphidius species | Aphidius spp. | | Aphytis spp., armored scale parasites | Aphytis spp. | | Bracon cushmani, grape leaffolder parasite | Bracon cushmani | | Citrus mealybug parasite | Leptomastix dactylopii | | Cotesia medicaginis, alfalfa butterfly parasite | Cotesia medicaginis | | Cottony cushion scale parasite | Cryptochaetum iceryae | | Elm leaf beetle parasite | Erynniopsis antennata | | Encarsia formosa, whitefly parasite | Encarsia formosa | | Hyposoter exiguae, caterpillar parasite | Hyposoter exiguae | | Lysiphlebus testaceipes, aphid parasite | Lysiphlebus testaceipes | | Tachinid flies | Tachinidae family | | Trichogramma spp., egg parasites | Trichogramma spp. | | Trioxys pallidus, walnut aphid parasite | Trioxys pallidus | |
