Home›Insects›Relationship to People›Agricultural or Structural PestBrowse ByAgricultural or Structural PestRelationship to people describes how a species interacts with human life, whether it has been domesticated, is farmed or commercially raised, is kept as a pet, is hunted or fished, acts as an agricultural or structural pest, carries disease as a vector, has become invasive outside its native range once introduced, or has no significant recorded interaction with people at all.FactsAgricultural or Structural PestSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1Agricultural or Structural PestFilter Results61 entriesCommon GroupAllBees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (5)Beetles (Coleoptera) (17)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (13)Cockroaches And Termites (Blattodea) (4)Fleas And Lice (1)Flies (Diptera) (6)Grasshoppers And Crickets (Orthoptera) (4)Other Insects (1)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (10)Everyday GroupAllBees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (5)Beetles (Coleoptera) (17)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (13)Cockroaches And Termites (Blattodea) (4)Fleas And Lice (1)Flies (Diptera) (6)Grasshoppers And Crickets (Orthoptera) (4)Other Insects (1)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (10)HabitatAllAlpine (1)Bog (4)Boreal Forest (3)Chaparral (5)Desert (3)Fen (1)Freshwater Marsh (1)Grassland (10)Lake (1)Riparian Zone (1)River (1)Savanna (4)Steppe (1)Temperate Forest (5)Tropical Rainforest (2)Tundra (1)Wetlands (1)Where It LivesAllAfghanistan (4)Africa (9)Albania (11)Algeria (5)Andorra (5)Angola (3)Argentina (4)Australia (16)Austria (16)Bahamas (2)Bangladesh (2)Belarus (7)Belgium (25)Belize (3)Benin (3)Bhutan (2)Bolivia (5)Bosnia and Herzegovina (9)Botswana (3)Brazil (9)Bulgaria (13)Burkina Faso (3)Burundi (4)Cabo Verde (4)Cameroon (5)Canada (21)Chad (2)Chile (8)China (9)Colombia (8)Comoros (2)Costa Rica (7)Croatia (9)Cuba (3)Cyprus (14)Czechia (9)Democratic Republic of the Congo (3)Denmark (28)Dominican Republic (3)Ecuador (6)Egypt (6)Eritrea (3)Estonia (11)Ethiopia (4)Europe (4)Finland (9)France (13)Georgia (5)Germany (14)Ghana (4)Greece (11)Guinea (3)Guyana (4)Haiti (2)Honduras (4)Hungary (10)India (3)Indonesia (2)Iran (3)Iraq (5)Ireland (14)Israel (5)Italy (12)Japan (13)Kazakhstan (2)Kenya (2)Latvia (7)Libya (3)Liechtenstein (5)Lithuania (5)Luxembourg (5)Madagascar (3)Malta (4)Mexico (4)Moldova (6)Mongolia (4)Montenegro (5)Morocco (2)Netherlands (7)New Zealand (3)Nigeria (2)North America (25)North Macedonia (6)Norway (24)Oman (2)Poland (8)Portugal (13)Romania (4)Russia (4)Saudi Arabia (3)Serbia (4)South Africa (4)South America (6)South Asia (4)Spain (14)Sweden (18)Switzerland (18)United Arab Emirates (5)United Kingdom (14)United States (28)Showing the 100 most common of 158 options.Conservation StatusAllExtinct (1)Least Concern (3)Not Evaluated (35)DietAllCarnivore (5)Detritivore or Scavenger (4)Frugivore (2)Herbivore (36)Insectivore (6)Omnivore (6)Parasitic (2)System (Realm)AllMarine (4)Terrestrial (59)Living or ExtinctAllYes (61)CITES AppendixAllNot Listed (55)NatureServe RankAllG4 Apparently Secure (1)G5 Secure (8)GNR Unranked (20)EcosystemAllBorneo Rainforest (1)Caspian Sea (1)Sahara Desert (1)Sahel (1)TaxonomyAllApidae (1)Blattodea (4)Cerambycidae (2)Chrysomelidae (1)Coleoptera (7)Curculionidae (2)Diptera (6)Erebidae (1)Hemiptera (6)Hymenoptera (5)Insecta (3)Lepidoptera (2)Nitidulidae (1)Noctuidae (1)Orthoptera (4)Papilionidae (1)Pieridae (3)Pyralidae (1)Saturniidae (2)Scarabaeidae (3)Sphingidae (1)Tenebrionidae (1)Thysanoptera (1)Tortricidae (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50American CockroachAgricultural or Structural PestAphidAgricultural or Structural PestAsian Giant HornetAgricultural or Structural PestAtlas MothAgricultural or Structural PestBed BugAgricultural or Structural PestBoll WeevilAgricultural or Structural PestBooklouseAgricultural or Structural PestCabbage WhiteAgricultural or Structural PestCarpenter BeeAgricultural or Structural PestCicada Killer WaspAgricultural or Structural PestClick BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestCockchaferAgricultural or Structural PestCodling MothAgricultural or Structural PestColorado Potato BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestCrane FlyAgricultural or Structural PestDarkling BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestDeathwatch BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestDesert LocustAgricultural or Structural PestDrosophila melanogasterAgricultural or Structural PestDrugstore beetleAgricultural or Structural PestFruit FlyAgricultural or Structural PestFurniture BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestGerman CockroachAgricultural or Structural PestGrasshopperAgricultural or Structural PestGreen June Beetle (Cotinis nitida)Agricultural or Structural PestHouseflyAgricultural or Structural PestHylotrupes bajulusAgricultural or Structural PestIo MothAgricultural or Structural PestJapanese BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestKatydidAgricultural or Structural PestLeafcutter AntAgricultural or Structural PestLeafhopperAgricultural or Structural PestMastotermes darwiniensisAgricultural or Structural PestMealwormAgricultural or Structural PestMediterranean Fruit FlyAgricultural or Structural PestMole CricketAgricultural or Structural PestMountain Pine BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestOrgyia antiquaAgricultural or Structural PestOriental CockroachAgricultural or Structural PestPainted LadyAgricultural or Structural PestPaper WaspAgricultural or Structural PestPapilio aegeusAgricultural or Structural PestPieris brassicaeAgricultural or Structural PestPieris rapaeAgricultural or Structural PestPolyphemus MothAgricultural or Structural PestRed Milkweed BeetleAgricultural or Structural PestSawflyAgricultural or Structural PestScrewworm FlyAgricultural or Structural PestSilverfishAgricultural or Structural PestSmall hive beetleAgricultural or Structural PestShowing 1 to 50 of 61, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. 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