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Asian Longhorn beetle

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Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Anoplophora


Harmful insects,lays its eggs in trees, when the larva hatch they eat the tree from the inside out.



Japanese Beetle

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Order
Coleoptra
Family
Scrabaeidae
Genus
Popillia


Harmful insect, eats roots of grasses and decorative flower petals.



Cabbage White Butterfly

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Order
lepidoptera
Family
pierdae
Genus
pieris


Harmful insect, chew large in leaves and florets of cauliflower and broccoli and kills them.



Aphid

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Order
Hemiptera
Family
Aphidoidea


Harmful insect, suck plant juices which causes the leaf and flower distortion and discoloration. Can transmit viral diseases.



Purple Scale

Lepidosaphes beckii (purple scale).jpg
Order
Hepitera
Family
Diaspididae
Genus
Lepidosaphes


Harmful insect, suck plant sap which causes the plant to weaken, the leaves to turn yellow as a result the plant could die.

General insect control: Bring in predators such as parasitic wasps.



Ladybird

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Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae


Beneficial insect, Consumes aphids,purple scales and other pests.



Assassin Bug

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Order
Hemiptera
Family
Revuviidae


Beneficial insect, consumes almost every harmful insect.



Lacewing

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Order
Neuroptera



Beneficial insect, consumes caterpillars and other harmful insects.