Order: Coleoptera (ko-lee-OP-ter-a) (Info)
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Chauliognathus
Species: pennsylvanicus (pen-sil-VAN-ih-kus) (Info)
Profile:4 positives
No neutrals
No negatives
Regional...This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Deer, Arkansas
Lombard, Illinois
Washington, Illinois
Benton, Kentucky
Millersville, Maryland
Bay City, Michigan
Flushing, Michigan
Efland, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Albion, Pennsylvania
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Renfrew, Pennsylvania
Kyles Ford, Tennessee
Sterling, Virginia
Neenah, Wisconsin
Watertown, Wisconsin
Member Notes:
| Rating | Author | Comment |
| Positive | melody | On Jul 25, 2006, melody from Benton, KY
(Zone 7a) wrote:This is a Good Guy Bug...the adult eats pollen , nectar and small insects, the larvae eats grasshopper eggs, small catepillars and beetles.
The adults are about 1/2" long and they are found in meadows, fields and grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains.
Several species are actually used for a biological control of the Corn Earworm. | | Positive | sallyg | On Aug 4, 2006, sallyg from Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a) wrote:Common here in central Maryland on flowers for the pollen. | | Positive | MsKatt | On Aug 18, 2008, MsKatt from Mid-Michigan, MI
(Zone 5b) wrote:These were all over my Sweet Autumn Clematis! I'm glad to find out that they are beneficial. | | Positive | LetaAnne | On Sep 22, 2008, LetaAnne from Kyles Ford, TN wrote: We have this insect in our neck of the woods in eastern Tennessee. I'm glad to read that it is possibly beneficial for controlling the corn ear worm, since I need all the help I can get! I think this is a beautiful bug. |
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