Beneficial Bugs Library

It's amazing how nature has a way of dealing with problems and pests in the environment. These beneficial insects prey on those insects that harm the plants and crops in our gardens, our fields and our lawns.

The praying mantis is an amazing insect, with its unusual shape, praying appearance, voracious appetite and many beneficial aspects. They use their long spiked forelegs to catch prey.

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The favorite foods of ladybugs include aphids, spider mites and mealybugs as well as the eggs of some insects. A ladybug will devour thousands of aphids in its lifetime!

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Green Lacewings are often purchased and released by farmers and gardeners for natural control of aphids, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites, psyllids, thrips, whiteflies and other destructive pests.

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Parasitic wasps are tiny wasps that attack, paralyze and kill many kinds of insect pests. These wasps do not sting like other wasps, and most are so tiny, they can go completely unnoticed in your garden!

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