Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden

What do you think about bugs? Author Jessica Walliser reminds us that insects and other creepy-crawlies are indeed valuable garden companions. Her book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, is about bugs and plants, and how to create a garden that benefits from both. For more information, see: www.timberpress...

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Wasp from the Subfamily Pemphredoninae commonly called aphid wasps can be attracted to the garden by providing them with wooden nesting blocks with 2mm to 4mm diameter holes drilled in them. Drill the holes as deep as possible without going all the way through shallow holes may get used but deeper is better. They nest in a similar fashion as mason and leafcutter bees sectioning off and stocking their tiny holes with several aphids per chamber for their larvae to eat.

[@darioferraris978]

i thought i was about to learn how to attract bugs to my garden. then i realised it was a sellout.

[@manjushamamidi]

Ladybugs are also beetles but there not actually true bugs.

[@patrapper7367]

Ok so if 99% of insects are beneficial then why is the 1% still doing damage to my garden?

[@Byzenjjay]

Wow. Yea thanks.

[@jijoaguilar2549]

Wow

[@drdehailey]

Great little ad. Saw the book being recommended elsewhere. I'll do it.