Dry Beans

• Convergent lady beetle
• Sevenspotted lady beetle
• Parasitic wasp

• Bigeyed bug
• Damsel bugs
• Green lacewings

• Minute pirate bugs
• Syrphid fly
• Fungal diseases

Convergent lady beetle (larva)

Identification tip: Larvae are elongate with long legs and resemble tiny alligators.

Convergent lady beetle (adult)

Identification tip: Adults are mostly orange with black spots and converging white marks on the thorax. Some individuals have fewer spots, and some, no spots.

Sevenspotted lady beetle (larva)

Identification tip: Larvae are elongate, grayish, yellow- spotted, and alligator shaped.

Sevenspotted lady beetle (adult)

Identification tip: Adults have a black thorax with white along the front margin. Seven black spots are on the red or orangish wing covers, which may have 2 white areas near the front.

Parasitic wasp

Identification tip: Parasitic wasps such as this Aphidius sp. lay their eggs in aphids.

Parasitic wasp (aphid mummy)

Identification tip: The cuticle of aphids killed by parasitic wasps turn bronze (or black) and crusty and are called mummies. The exit hole is evidence that the parasitic wasp has emerged.

Bigeyed bug

Identification tip: Adults and nymphs are oval, somewhat flattened, about 1/4 of an inch long, with a wide head and prominent bulging eyes.

Damsel bugs

Identification tip: Adults are slender insects that are mostly yellowish, gray, or dull brown, measuring about 2/5 of an inch long, and have elongated heads and long antennae.

Minute pirate bugs

Identification tip: Adults are small, 1/12 to 1/5 of an inch long, oval, black or purplish with white markings, and have a triangular head.

Syrphid fly

Identification tip: Larvae are legless, maggot shaped, and opaque with tapered heads.

Fungal diseases

Identification tip: Entomopthora fungi first turn aphids pink and brown, later causing them to shrivel up and die.