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Seed Beetle (Algarobius prosopis) Habitat: Seed beetles and their larvae feed on beans and seeds of other plants, and their larvae develop inside a single seed. Interesting facts: Seed beetles are also commonly called “bean weevils,” even though they are not weevils in the strict sense since they lack a long snout. In Arizona, they are common in the seeds of mesquite and “algarrobo” trees.![Ugliest Bug: nabis_americoferus]()
Damsel Bug (Nabis americoferus) Habitat: gardens, orchards and field crops Predators/Prey: They eat aphids, caterpillars, leafhoppers, mites, moth eggs, and sawfly larvae.![Ugliest Bug: lygus]()
Western Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus Hesperus) Predators/Prey: They feed on the sap of plants.![Ugliest Bug: phyllotreta]()
Striped Flea Beetle (Phyllotreta) Habitat: common throughout the eastern and Pacific areas of the U.S. Predators/Prey: They like to eat foliage of young plants. Striped flea beetles infest many crucifers but prefer mustard, turnip, radish, and related weeds.![Ugliest Bug: ladybug]()
Ladybug (Hippodamia convergens) Habitat: Ladybugs live just about anywhere; they live in trees, gardens, fields, and in homes. They like warm temperatures and they hibernate during the winter. Predators/Prey: Their favorite food is aphids. If aphids are scarce they feed on nectar, pollen, and soft plant parts. Lifespan: The total time from egg to adult is about 30 days. As adults they live one to two years.![Ugliest Bug: hymenoptera]()
Ichneumon Wasp (Hymenoptera) Habitat: Ichneumonidae occur in a wide variety of habitats like gardens, meadows or woodlands. Predators/Prey: These wasps are parasitoid, which means that their larvae feed on only one host organism and almost always kill it towards the end of their development.![Ugliest Bug: greenlacewing]()
Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carner) Habitat: They live on gardens, vegetable gardens and agricultural fields. Predators/Prey: Larvae feed on aphids, mites, and small arthropods. Adult green lacewings are divided in two diet categories: mainly predatory and mainly pollen, nectar and honeydew.![Ugliest Bug: dr cobb insect]()
Dung Beetle (Canthon) Habitat: They live in habitats that range from desert to forest. Predators/Prey: They feed on animal droppings. Undigested bits of food found in animals dung is what provides food for dung beetles.![Ugliest Bug: bedbug]()
Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) Habitat: Bed bugs can be found in beds, sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, carpets and crevices on the floor or on walls. Predators/Prey: They feed on the blood of humans or other warm-blooded animals. Some have been known to live as long as a year without food.![Ugliest Bug: collops]()
Soft Winged Flower Beetle (Collops vittatus) Habitat: Flower beetles are commonly found in cotton fields and other agricultural crops. Predators/Prey:These are important predators that feed on soft-bodied insects including whiteflies (eggs, nymphs and adults), aphids, mites and caterpillars.Dung Beetle or Bed Bug: What's the World's Ugliest Bug?
Some mean-looking outlaws are in a showdown to snag this year's Ugly Bug title, with the blood-sucking bedbug, dung beetle and a sinister wasp that hatches deadly larvae contending for a top spot. Vote in the contest today!
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