Below are a few examples of pests that I allow to occupy my organic garden, with an explanation of why exactly. Why I Want Some Aphids . PaulMaguire / Getty Images. Aphids are a common pest.

Examples of pests with piercing/sucking/rasping mouthparts include stink bugs, leaf-footed bugs, four-lined plant bugs, aphids, scale, mealybugs, whiteflies and thrips.

One example of a practical theory presented in the paper is that "insect metabolism goes faster when it is warmer," which leads to increased consumption, growth, movement and dispersal.

For example, the survival rate of scale insects and the production of eggs by female scales may increase downtown … due to the city’s heat island effect. This enables populations of some pests ...

Lights, Camera, Action: How Researchers Attract Insects. As you’ll learn in “Bugs That Rule the World,” there are over 2,400 species of praying mantises, and more than a tenth live in Brazil.

Examples of pests that these beneficial insects help keep in check include aphids, tomato hornworms, cabbage worms and cucumber beetles, to name a few.