Category: Beetle Larvae

  • Anchor Stink Bug

    Anchor Stink Bug

    Anchor Stink Bug (Stiretrus anchorago). Found in Central and mostly eastern North America. This is a good guy of the stink bug world, feeding on beetle larvae and caterpillars, including many agricultural and gardening pests such as the Mexican Bean Beetle and the Japanese Beetle. There’s incredible variation in the coloring of the Anchor Stink…

  • Downy Woodpecker

    Downy Woodpecker

    The Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens. A permanent resident here and in most places in their native range. That range, with the exception of the desert southwest and the tundra of the north, is nearly all of Canada and the United States. But in the northern portions of their territory, some may wander a bit south…