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There are scores of insects in every garden, some tiny and some huge! Discover the main ones you might come across. Rarely are they dangerous.

Meadow spittlebug

Foamy spit on plants: harmless parasite or big problem?

Treating diseases and pests
Woodlouse, a useful garden animal

Woodlouse, who would’ve guessed roly-polys were so useful?

Special reports
Cranefly, daddy longlegs, Tipula

Cranefly, harmless Daddy Long Legs… but voracious larva!

Treating diseases and pests
Large bollworm on a cabbage leaf with excrements

Bollworms, dreaded caterpillars defoliating vegetables

Treating diseases and pests
Colorado potato beetle

Potato beetle, strike the striped Colorado beetle early!

Treating diseases and pests
Wasp on a piece of old wood

Wasp, a reputation that deserves a makeover

Special reports
Ground beetle with metallic colors

Ground beetle, its favorite food is slugs!

Special reports
Hunting predator wasp with caterpillar prey

Predator wasp, a voracious feeder… of pests!

Special reports
Mason bee on wood

Mason bee, a solitary worker bee that burrows in the ground

Special reports
Bumblebee hovering near a flower

Bumblebee, bumbling along and heavyweight pollinator

Special reports
Hoverfly on a lawn daisy

Hoverfly: looks like a wasp, flies like a hummingbird, works like a bee!

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honey bee

Cute and generous, the common honeybee

Animal care
Aphids on a hibiscus flower

Aphids and ants on hibiscus killing off flower buds

Treating diseases and pests
Earwigs on a yellow flower

Earwig, fearful pinchers we can rejoice about!

Treating diseases and pests
Insects that are beneficial for the garden

Beneficial insects that lend us gardeners a hand

Special reports
Onion fly

Onion fly, the reason why maggots are eating up your bulbs

Treating diseases and pests
Ladybug: the lifecycle of this precious garden assistant

The ladybug lifecycle, helping us out at every stage

Treating diseases and pests
Green lacewing adult on flower

Green lacewing, the genesis of aphid lions

Treating diseases and pests
thrips

Thrips, tiny insects that infest plants

Treating diseases and pests
provide insect bird animals with shelter

Provide small animals, insects and birds with shelter

Special reports
Gall wasp

Gall wasp, a parasite on citrus, oak, and flowers

Treating diseases and pests
A deluxe insect hotel with holes, nooks and crannies for insects.

Attract animals to the garden

Treating diseases and pests
Ladybug in garden

Ladybug, the assistant gardener

Treating diseases and pests
aphid

Aphids, how to get rid of them?

Treating diseases and pests
Two caterpillars on a nasturtium leaf with pellets of waste.

Caterpillars, organic treatments to control them

Treating diseases and pests
Otiorynchus larva in the ground, like a short white worm or caterpillar

Treatment against Otiorhynchus larvae

Treating diseases and pests
Whitefly

Whitefly, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

Treating diseases and pests
Ants on a stone margin being repelled with organic treatments.

Organic ant control – effective repellent plants and treatments

Treating diseases and pests
Box tree moth - Cydalima perspectalis

Boxwood tree moth, treatments to control treat its caterpillars

Treating diseases and pests
Scale insects

Controlling Scale Insects and Mealybugs

Treating diseases and pests