7 Beneficial Insects for Garden Pest Control
Handling pests is one of many battles that gardeners have to face on a day-to-day basis. One natural method that can help prevent a pest outbreak is by introducing beneficial insects.
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Beneficial Insects-Who are the Good Guys?
Most people think only of pests when they think of insects. But, the beneficial insects found in gardens do not feed on or harm plants. The typical backyard contains hundreds of species of insects, yet only a fraction can even be observed because many are microscopic and/or hidden below ground or within plant tissue. Most …
Using Beneficial Insects
The “Do-Good” Bugs A guide to choosing and using beneficial insects, mites and nematodes. Insects are the most successful living organisms on the Earth. That’s just one reason it makes good sense to balance one against the other, rather than trying to kill pests with poisons. It is also true that in nature there are …
Lure Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
Worried that miniature monsters like aphids, hornworms or corn borers will chomp a swath through your carefully planted garden this year? These insect pests can be the organic gardener’s worst enemy. But not all insects are harmful. In fact, so-called beneficial insects can help you fight the nasty ones. So nurture a balanced, biologically diverse …