Warning: Images of creepy crawlies to follow.
While these insects are relatively harmless,it doesn’t mean we want to live with them.
(A bug is a bug.)
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Just don’t take a stab at pick it up.
Daddy Long Legs
Also called “cellar spiders,” daddy long legs spiders (Pholcidaesp.)
have long legs (hence the name) and are known to be harmless.
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While they do have short fangs, to current scientific knowledge, those chompers are unable to bite humans.
These eight-legged creepy-crawlies are found in basements, cellars, and dark corners.
Damsel Bug
The damsel bug, an insect in theNabidaefamily, is a predatory bug.
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It feeds on other insectsincluding aphids and caterpillarsand is capable of biting humans.
While painful, those bites are thought to be harmless, medically speaking.
Ground Beetle
Ground beetles (Carabidaesp.)
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also eat insectsthey hunt at night and prey on slugs, maggots, and caterpillars.
Lacewing
You’ll know a lacewing (Chrysopasp.)
by its delicate, lace-like wings and bright green body.
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Lacewings prey on aphids and caterpillars, and they are medically harmless to humans.
If you want to lure lacewings to your garden, plant coneflower, coreopsis, and yarrow.
Whilethey look like millipedes, roly-polies (Armadillidiidaesp.)
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are actually more closely related to lobsters than they are caterpillarsthey even have gills.
Spined Soldier Bug
These insects resemble and are related to the oft-seen brown marmorated stink bug.
While they prey on other insects, they are not known to be harmful to humans.
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While some are relatively harmless, others have the ability to bite.
None are poisonous, but all of these shield-shaped bugs can cause a stink.
The most widespread of thePentatomidaefamily is the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive species in the United States.
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Weevil
Weevils are tiny (between 3 and 10 millimeters tiny) herbivores of the familyCurculionoidae.
They are not harmful to humans, but they can be pests in the garden and in the home.
Some species have been known to invade pantries and ruin boxes of dry food, especially grains.
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Whip Scorpion
This monstrous arachnid looks terrifying, but fortunately it isn’t venomous.
Scorpionfly
Scorpionflies use those deadly looking mandibles to feed on dead insects.
These insects are found in wooded or swampy areas in the south-central U.S. and are considered harmless to humans.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension.Camel cricket.
Texas A&M Extension Entomology.Carpet beetles.
Penn State Extension.House centipedes.
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UC Riverside Department of Entomology.Daddy long legs.
University of California Integrated Pest Management Program.Damsel bugs.
University of California Integrated Pest Management Program.Predaceous ground beetles.
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University of Maryland Extension.Lacewings.
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.Pillbug.
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.Spined soldier bug.
A scorpionfly (Panorpa communis).Credit: Getty Images/Erhard Nerger
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Brown marmorated stink bug.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.Rice weevil and granary weevil.
Kern Jr. WH, Mitchell RE.Giant whip scorpion - mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus.
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Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Field Guide to Common Texas Insects.
Missouri Department of Conservation.Eastern dobsonfly.
