The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. The terms damsel bug and nabid are synonymous. There're over 400 species. They're soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids. They're considered helpful species in agriculture because of their predation on many types of crop pests, such as cabbage worms, aphids, and lygus bugs. Damsel bugs of the genus Nabis are the most common. They and other genera are mos… (More on Nabidae)