Plants that Support Beneficial Insects Name of Plant What It Attracts What It Repels Alfalfa Pirate Bugs Angelica Lacewing Bugs, Tiny Wasps Aster Family Tiny Wasps Bagworms Basil Ocimum sp. Asparagus Beetle, Flies, Mosquitoes, Tomato Hornworm (Opal Basil) Borage Bees, parasitic wasps, hover Squash beetle, Tomato Hornworm flies Butterfly Weed Ladybugs Calendula Bees, Hoverflies Asparagus Beetle, Squash Beetle Caraway Lacewing Carrot Ladybugs Catmint Colorado Potato Beetle, Flea Beetle Catnip Hoverflies, Predatory Wasps, Aphid, Colorado Potato Beetle, Nepata cataria Robber Flies, Soldier Beetle Cucumber Beetle, Flea Beetle, Green Peach Aphids, Japanese Beetle, Squash Beetle Chamomile Hover Flies, Predatory Wasps, Chamaemelum nobile Robber Flies or Matricaria recutita Chives Aphid, Japanese Beetle Cilantro/Coriander Lacewing Bug, Ladybug, Tiny Aphid, Colorado Potato Beetle, Coriandrum sativum wasps Spider Mite Clovers Tiny Wasps Daisy Hover Flies, Predatory Wasps, Bagworms Robber Flies Dandelion Lacewing Bug, Ladybug Dill Lacewing Bug, Ladybug, Tiny Cabbage Looper, Imported Anethum graveolens wasps Cabbageworm, Tomato Hornworm Fennel Lacewing Bug, Ladybug, Tiny Aphid Foeniculum vulgare wasps, Slug, Snail Garlic Aphid, Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Maggot, Codling Moth, Imported Cabbageworm, Japanese Beetle, Peach Borer, Rabbit, Slug, Snail Goldenrod Soldier Beetle Hyssop Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Moth, Hyssopus officianalis Imported Cabbageworm Leek Carrot Fly Lemon Balm Tiny wasps Melissa officinails Lettuce Carrot Fly Lobelia Tiny wasps Marigold Ladybug Aphid, Bean Beetle, Cabbage Maggot, Colorado Potato Beetle, Corn Earworm, Cucumber Beetle, Nematodes, Rabbits Mint Ground Beetle, Hover Flies, Ant, Aphid, Cabbage Looper, Mentha sp. Predatory Wasps, Robber Flies Cabbage Moth, Flea Beetle, Imported Cabbageworm, Squash Beetle, Whitefly Mustard Aphid Nasturtium Aphid, Bean Beetle, Cabbage Looper, Colorado Potato Beetle, Cucumber Beetle, Green Peach Aphids, Imported Cabbageworm, Squash Beetle, Whitefly Onion Cabbage Looper, Carrot Fly, Colorado Potato Beetle, Rabbits Oregano Cabbage Moth Parsley Ladybugs, Tiny wasps Asparagus Beetle Petroselinum crispum Pennyroyal Tiny wasps Cabbage Looper, Imported Cabbageworm Prairie Sunflower Lacewing Bug, Ladybug Bishop’s Cap Lacewing Bug, Ladybug, Tiny wasps Radish Cabbage Maggot, Cucumber Beetle, Squash Beetle, Squash Vine Borer Rosemary Ground Beetle Bean Beetle, Cabbage Moth, Carrot Rosmarinus officinalis Fly, Mosquitoes, Slug, Snail Rue Tiny wasps, Swallowtail, Flies, Japanese Beetles, Cucumber Butterfly caterpillars Beetle, Flea Beetle Sage Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Maggot, Salvia officinalis Cabbage Moth, Carrot Fly, Colorado Potato Beelte, Imported Cabbageworm Sweet Alyssum Lacewing Bug, Ladybug, Tiny wasps Tansy Ground Beetle, Lacewing Bug, Ants, Cabbage Moth, Colorado Ladybug Potato Beetle, Flea Beetle , Imported Cabbageworm, Japanese Beetle, Squash Beetle Tomato Asparagus Beetle Thyme Tiny wasps Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Moth, Thymus vulgaris Imported Cabbageworm, Whitefly Yarrow Lacewing Bugs, Ladybugs, Achillea millefolium Tiny wasps