5 Beneficial Garden
Pests That You Want to Live in Your Garden
Not all
garden pests are harmful for your garden. Some garden pests, in
fact, provide excellent pest control to protect your plants from
other quite harmful insects. Isn’t nature wonderful? Here are 5
well-known garden pests which you wouldn't object to having in your
garden. Some very useful techniques are also offered on how you can
attract these insects that are in your area over to your garden.
1. Praying mantis. Praying mantises
are regarded as the consummate small-sized predator. They are
something to behold in their natural environment. The manner in
which they hunt down their prey is methodical and meticulous. This
makes them efficiently dangerous for other garden insects, but they
are never dangerous for your garden. They harm it not at all.
Praying mantises can immediately
put a stop to any pest infestation that may have started in your
area. As a matter of fact, most gardening shops sell praying
mantises for this purpose alone. That’s how useful they are.
2. Ladybugs. If you're living in
North America, then chances are very good that your garden will host
this kind of bug. They are extremely widespread and so are very
common.
Ladybugs feed on soft-bodied
insects. These soft-bodies are harmful for your garden. Ladybugs
will even feed on the eggs and larvae of these harmful garden pests.
This is what makes ladybugs an excellent feature of natural pest
control.
3. Spiders. We all know what many
spiders do. They capture insects with their webs and feed on them.
In this way, these spiders help to manage pest infestation. Those
that dwell in gardens are usually not poisonous or lethal, and there
is virtually no risk of these creatures ever creeping into the
household.
If you want to attract spiders in
your garden, grow some permanent perennials. These kinds of spiders
find perennials very suitable for a home.
4. Tachinid flies. Grow some pollen
and nectar plants, and you'll be able to attract this variety of
flies. Once in your garden, these Tachinid flies will feed on small
harmful insects. We're talking about armyworms, cutworms and cabbage
loopers. How about caterpillars, gypsy moths, squash bugs and
sawflies? All of these pests will eat away at your plants and give
you a decaying garden. Tachinid flies to the rescue!
5. Parasitic wasps. Again, by
providing pollen and nectar plants, you'd be able to attract these
beneficial garden insects. They really will help your garden because
these parasitic wasps will attack and feed on the eggs of harmful
insects. With parasitic wasps inhabiting your garden, you'd be able
to stop the infestation of dangerous insects by eliminating their
very source: their eggs.
Isn’t that wonderful to have
insects that will help your garden grow instead of damaging it?
There are more kinds of insects that can help you in dealing with
different types of pest invasions. Take the time to learn them. Your
garden will be better for it.
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