Credit: Gardening Success Tips (Facebook)
These garden guardians work hard behind the scenes to protect your veggies β no sprays needed!
- Ladybugs feast on aphids and soft-bodied pests
- Syrphid flies (hoverflies) pollinate and their larvae control aphids
- Ground beetles (Carabes) hunt slugs, larvae, and caterpillars
- Green lacewings (Chrysopa) devour thrips and mealybugs
- Rove beetles (Staphylin) eat fly larvae and mites
- Ichneumon wasps target caterpillars from the inside out
- Earwigs (Forficula) help control aphids and other pests at night #gardening