Beneficial Insects and Pollinators
Wasp laying egg on pest
Aphid mummies, parasitized by wasp
Wasp eggs on head of caterpillar
Assassin bug on Lygus bug
Green Lacewing, a voracious predator
Syrphid Fly – the backbone of organic lettuce
Lady beetle – loves aphids
Lady beetle larva – loves aphids even more
Monarch butterfly on Mulefat (Baccharis salicifolia)
Bees increase yields
Bees pollinate many native plants and crops