Anise Swallowtail Red Admiral Spring Azure Two-tailed Swallowtail Common Wood Nymph Two-spotted Ladybug Papilio zelicaon Vanessa atalanta Celastina argiolus Papilio multicaudata Cercyonis pegala Adalia bipunctata

Silvery Blue Western Tiger Swallowtail Common Checkered Skipper Lorquin’s Admiral Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Convergent Ladybug Glaucopsyche lygdamus Papilio rutulus Pyrgus communis Limenitis lorquini Aglais milberti Hippodamia convergens

Green Lacewing Black-tailed Bumble Bee Squash Bee Orchard Mason Bee Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Nine-spotted Ladybug Chrysopidae sp. Bombus melanopygus Peponapis pruinosa Osmia lignaria Bombus vosnesenskii Coccinella novemnotata

Brown Lacewing Tiny Sweat Bee Mixed Bumble Bee Medium Sweat Bee Western leafcutting bee European Honey Bee Hemerobiidae sp. Lasioglossum sp. Bombus mixtus Halictus ligatus Megachile perihirta Apis mellifera

Beneficial Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest Eulophid Wasp Thread-waisted wasp Bald-face Hornet Pied Hoverfly Predacious Hoverfly Snakefly Chrysocharis sp. Sceliphron caementarium Dolichovespula maculata Scaeva pyrastri Eupeodes fumipennis Agulla sp.

Ground Beetle Western Tiger Beetle Rough Stink Bug Damselbug Assassin Bug Ambush Bug Scaphinotis marginatus Cicindela oregona Brochymena affinis Nabis sp. Rhynocoris ventralis Phymata sp.

Western Predatory Mite Crab Bold Green Lynx Spider Minute Pirate Bug Double-eyed Soldier Bug Galendromus occidentalis Thomisus sp. Phidippus audax viridans Orius tristicolor Perillus bioculatus

Beneficial Invertebrates In Your Garden For maximum effectiveness, beneficial insects should be attracted to a diverse landscape that is predominately native When nature is in balance, you’ll find a diverse abundance and by avoiding pesticides. It takes time for beneficial insects of insects and wildlife in your garden. Every spring organic to resolve pest issues, so a little patience will pay off! gardens begin buzzing with activity, much of it a life and death struggle between predators and prey. Plant native flowers that attract these beneficial insects in your garden and never again bother with toxic pesticides that Basically, beneficial insects are predatory bugs that eat throw nature out of balance and indiscriminately kill both many of the invasive pests that gardeners don’t want. predator and prey insects. These bugs help create a perfectly safe and natural way to control common garden pests such as aphids, spider mites, Visit www.beyondtoxics.org for more information. mosquitos, and more.