Meet the Beneficial Insects

Let Mother Nature handle your pest control.

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Awesome beneficial insect—lacewing larva
Lacewing Larva
Awesome beneficial insect—lacewing
Adult Lacewing

2. Lacewings
Pale green or brown lacewing adults have distinctive large, veined wings and feed mainly on flower nectar. Lacewing larvae, however, are voracious predators that feed on aphids, thrips, scales, moth eggs, small caterpillars and mites.

Photos
Adult: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Larva: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

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