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Showing posts with label beneficial insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beneficial insects. Show all posts
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Assassin Bug!
We are really lucky having all of these beneficial insects in our garden. This is what happens when you don't indiscriminately spray pesticides in your garden. You get a healthy ecosystem that polices itself. Check out the bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) lunch this assassin bug found. You can see the damage this garden pest does.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
One of ours?
Not really sure if this is one of our bees, but every time I see a honey bee in the garden I like to think so. Bees absolutely love onion flowers. If you ever see your onions going to flower let them go and enjoy all the beneficial insects they bring in.
The bees are really filling up the hive. I can't wait till spring to try some of that honey!
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