Pollinators and Beneficial Insects

Native pollinator projects conducted by the Anne Arundel Count Master Gardener team

Parasitic wasps (in the order Hymenoptera) provide beneficial services in gardens and landscapes.

Assassin bugs are predatory insects.

Flower flies are a natural predator of aphids. Flower flies are mainly nonselective pollinators, feeding on nectar and pollen from a variety of plants and agriculturally important crops.

Parasitoids are small insects whose immature stages develop either within or attached to the outside of other insects, referred to as hosts.

Predatory bugs are in the insect order Hymenoptera and use piercing-sucking mouthparts to kill their prey.

Lacewings are delicate green or brown insects, excellent predators of aphids and other small insects.

Tachinid flies are among the many beneficial flies that prey on garden pests.

Aphid parasitoids are very tiny wasps that lay their eggs in aphids.

Mining bees in Lawns