Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden – Green Lacewing
  • October 2, 2018
  • Posted by: Mike McQueen, Charles Ray, and Kerry Smith
  • in Lawn & Garden
Lacewing
Lacewing

*This is an excerpt from Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283.

Aliases: aphid lion, walking trash pile.

Wanted For: Aggressively devouring aphids, thrips, mealybugs, scales, spider mites, leafhoppers, and insect eggs.

Family History: Adult green lacewings feed on nectar, pollen, and honeydew—at dawn and dusk. Juveniles are voracious predators known to eat up to 20 or 30 aphids a day.

Sightings: Last seen around nectar-producing plants such as sunflowers, tansy, and buckwheat.

Mike McQueen, Regional Extension Agent, Home Grounds, Gardens and Home Pests; Charles Ray, Research Fellow, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University; and Kerry Smith, State Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Auburn University

Reviewed November 2021, Top 10 Most Wanted Bugs in Your Garden, ANR-2283

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