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