A lot of people think of bugs as pests to plants, but that’s not the case at all. Some insects can help your garden grow healthier, and they can even prey on other bugs that damage your plants. These ...

Everyone knows how valuable bees are to your garden because they are pollinating your flowers. But they’re not the only ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

Nicknamed “aphid wolves,” lacewings are beneficial insects with a voracious appetite for common pests. These generalist predators consume various prey in their larval and adult stages.

The insects eat other insects by piercing them with their beak- or straw-like mouthparts and then sipping out their body fluids. A warning to people – these insects will try to stab you if handled, so ...

IN 1922 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries issued a small publication on “Beneficial Insects”. It contained little-known information, written in a non-technical style, on those insects ...

Larvae, which look like little alligators if you use your imagination, feed on aphids, soft-scale insects, mealybugs, spider mites, and other pests. University sources estimate that a lady beetle ...