Junk bug (also known as a Green Lacewing Larva)

Gardens, agricultural fields, and wooded areas worldwide; often found on leaves and stems where aphids are present.

Voracious predators (aphid lions); they eat aphids, mites, scale insects, insect eggs, and other small soft-bodied arthropods.

They are nicknamed 'junk bugs' because they use curved bristles on their backs to carry a 'trash' shield made of dried insect husks, debris, and lichen to camouflage themselves from predators.

Highly beneficial to the ecosystem and gardeners as biological pest control; they pose no risk to humans, though they may occasionally deliver a minor, harmless nip if handled.