Below, we delve into ten beneficial insects every gardener should familiarize themselves with to cultivate a thriving garden. A ladybug sitting on a green leaf is captured in a macro photo. Image by ...

Like ladybugs, ground beetles are beneficial predators that attack and devour little buggy pests in your garden. Unlike ladybugs, ground beetles are plain colored and not often noticed ...

Ladybugs are efficient aphid hunters, attracting them with diverse flowers like marigolds and tall boneset. Praying mantises ...

when working in your garden. These wasps parasitize asparagus beetle eggs (the wasp larvae live and feed inside the beetle eggs). They can kill up to 70% of the eggs. Lady beetle larvae and other ...

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Adults are active from late July to September. Adult beetles are particularly attracted to yellow flowers. They are harmless to plants and are beneficial as pollinators. There is no need to control ...

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Predatory insects include lady beetles, praying mantids ... and Queen Anne’s Lace are good choices. Other common garden plants like blanket flower, coneflower, cosmos, and sunflowers will be visited ...

In recent decades, however, scientists have found that in fact there are definite benefits to adding diversity to your garden, primarily because certain plants attract and support beneficial insects ...

The cheese cloth envelope, tied at the bottom, was an attempt to keep feeding Japanese beetles on the foliage ... The calendar will continue to be called “Garden Notes” but due to space ...