Junk bug (Green lacewing larva)

Found on trees, shrubs, and garden plants throughout North America in forest and suburban landscapes.

Voracious predator primarily eating aphids, scale insects, spider mites, and insect eggs using hollow mandibles to suck out fluids.

Called 'junk bugs' because they pile debris, shed skins, and empty aphid shells onto their backs for camouflage; their life cycle involves complete metamorphosis.

Highly beneficial as biological pest control for gardens; while they can occasionally nip human skin with their mandibles, they have no venom and are not dangerous.