Eight Good Bugs Worth Keeping Around
Eight good bugs worth keeping around
Do you know that there are at least eight really beneficial bugs you should positively encourage to visit your garden? Here is a list of the insects you want hanging around because they eat the bad insects and help provide the valuable nutrients your garden needs to thrive:
1. Bees – vital for pollination.
2. Wasps – yes really!! Wasps eat aphids, mites, whiteflies, caterpillar eggs, moth larvae, beetles and corn earwigs.
3. Praying Mantis – these unusual looking bugs are great for controlling aphids.
4. Ladybugs – These lovely ladies of the garden control aphids, mealy bugs and mites.
5. Beetles – particularly ground beetles are fantastic for eating caterpillars, cut worms and even slugs.
6. Spiders – We all love to hate them but they are extremely beneficial for eating a wide variety of pests.
7. Green Lacewings – love to eat aphids, mites and a variety of pest eggs.
8. Earthworms –These wriggly little guys do more for the garden then you may think. Providing nutrients, aerating the soil and controlling PH are just a few of their huge contributions to our garden health.
With wildlife numbers being depleted over the harsh winter these helpful little chaps need all the help they can get – that’s why we’ve put together this amazing-looking wildlife hotel which provides much needed shelter and nesting places throughout the important months ahead for all your garden bugs and creepy crawlies! If you don't fancy making one, we have some smaller versions to buy!Ladybird House, Wildlife Conservation Centre
Do you know that there are at least eight really beneficial bugs you should positively encourage to visit your garden? Here is a list of the insects you want hanging around because they eat the bad insects and help provide the valuable nutrients your garden needs to thrive:
1. Bees – vital for pollination.
2. Wasps – yes really!! Wasps eat aphids, mites, whiteflies, caterpillar eggs, moth larvae, beetles and corn earwigs.
3. Praying Mantis – these unusual looking bugs are great for controlling aphids.
4. Ladybugs – These lovely ladies of the garden control aphids, mealy bugs and mites.
5. Beetles – particularly ground beetles are fantastic for eating caterpillars, cut worms and even slugs.
6. Spiders – We all love to hate them but they are extremely beneficial for eating a wide variety of pests.
7. Green Lacewings – love to eat aphids, mites and a variety of pest eggs.
8. Earthworms –These wriggly little guys do more for the garden then you may think. Providing nutrients, aerating the soil and controlling PH are just a few of their huge contributions to our garden health.
With wildlife numbers being depleted over the harsh winter these helpful little chaps need all the help they can get – that’s why we’ve put together this amazing-looking wildlife hotel which provides much needed shelter and nesting places throughout the important months ahead for all your garden bugs and creepy crawlies! If you don't fancy making one, we have some smaller versions to buy!Ladybird House, Wildlife Conservation Centre
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