Beneficial Insects

Beneficial Creatures

See also Garden Pests

What are Beneficial Creatures?

These are creatures that can actual assist the gardener in any number of ways.

They may for example

1. Pollinate fruit flowers (e.g. honeybees (Apis mellifera ))

2. Kill garden pests such as aphids (e.g. Ladybirds )

3. Assist in cultivating the land (e.g. Earthworms )

Which creatures are beneficial and why?

Flower Pollinators

1. Honeybees (Apis mellifera )

Soil cultivation

1. Earthworms (Order - Opisthopora)

Compost Accelerators

1. Brandling Worms

Kills Garden Pests

1. Blue tits (Parus caeruleus)-- Aphids
2. Centipede (Class Chilopoda)-- smaller creatures
3. Cryptolaemus -- Mealybugs
4. Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) --Slugs
5. Heterorhabditis -- Chafer grubs
6. Lacewing larvae (Chrysoperla carnea) -- Aphids
7. Ladybirds -- Aphids
8. Parasitic Wasps -- Aphids
9. Phytoseiulus permilis -- Red Spider Mite
10. Steinernema feltiae -- Leather Jackets
11. Toads -- Slugs
12. Wasps -- Aphids