Bugs

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