Tag: minute pirate bug

• Question of the Week – Minute Pirate Bug

  

  What is the tiny critter on this pumpkin blossom? This tiny black and white insect is a minute pirate bug (Orius insidiosus.), also called the insidious flower bug. Minute pirate bugs are beneficial insects and are excellent predators of small soft-bodied pests, such as thrips, mites, aphids, whiteflies, scale, and even small caterpillars. They are…

  Justin Ballew

  January 23, 2025

  Question of the Week

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