 To attract |
Plant
|
|
Syrphid flies
(Eat aphids, leaf hoppers and mealy
bugs)
|
Morning
glory, fennel, alyssum, buckwheat, candy tuft |
|
Pirate Bugs
(Eat aphids, thrips, scales, mites)
|
Evening
primrose, pigweed, Mexican Tea |
|
Lacewings
(Eat aphids, scale, whiteflies, mites)
|
Angelica,
Euonymus, Fennel, Dusty Miller, Coreopsis |
|
Chalcid wasps
(Parasites of aphids, scale, mealy
bugs)
|
Alyssum,
clover, yarrow |
|
Spiders
(Eat what is caught in their web)
|
Silver
lace vine, snowberry |
|
Tachinid Flies
(Parasites of grasshopper, sawflies,
caterpillars)
|
Alyssum,
Queen Anne's Lace, Coriander |
|
Trichogramma Wasps
(Parasites of moth/butterfly eggs)
|
Queen
Anne's Lace, Parsley, Caraway |
|
Bees
(Invaluable as pollinators)
|
Borage,
Monarda, Purple Cone Flower, Clover |
|
Ladybugs
(Eat aphids)
|
Angelica,
Yarrow, Tansy, Euonymus, Morning Glory |
|
Praying Mantids
(Eat any flying insects they catch)
|
Deciduous
plants for cover |
|
Dragon Flies
(Eat small flying insects, mosquitoes)
|
Aquatic
plants |
|
Soldier Beetles
(Eat cutworms, gypsy moth larvae,
snails)
Ground Beetles
(Eat caterpillars)
|
Queen Anne's Lace, Evening Primrose
Evening Primrose
|
|
Braconid Wasps
(Eat cabbage butterflies, coddling
moths, bark beetles)
|
Fennel,
Ivy, White Mustard, Yarrow |
|
Potter Wasps
(Eat caterpillars, beetle grubs)
|
Angelica,
Fennel, Ivy, Rue |
