Not all bugs are bad news.
Some bugs are highly beneficial in your garden, acting as natural pest control agents and pollinating your flowering plants.
Here are several species of bug you'll want to thrive in your garden.
Bees.
Bees of all types are very beneficial to gardens.
All bees pollinate plants, propagating flowering species.
Dragonflies.
Dragonflies prey on aphids, mosquitoes, and other bugs that have a negative effect on gardens.
Assassin bugs.
These bugs are very aggressive predators of many pest species including mosquitoes, flies, caterpillars, and beetles.
Centipedes and millipedes.
Centipedes hunt pests in the soil such as slugs and fly pupae, while millipedes are important contributors to composting and can improve your soil..
Ground Beetle.
Not all beetles are pests.
Ground beetles eat cutworms, root maggots, and sometimes slugs and snails as well.
Spiders.
Spiders are the most voracious pest predators you're likely to find in your garden.
They feed year-round on flies, aphids, beetles, and other pests that would otherwise wreak havoc in your garden.
Wasps.
Certain wasps including yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets, and parasitic wasps are all good to have in your garden-despite the nasty sting.
Lady beetles.
Lady beetle larvae look vaguely like alligators, with black and orange patterns.
Both larvae and adults eat soft-bodied pests like aphids, scale insects, mealybugs and insect eggs.
Some bugs are highly beneficial to every garden, and should be allowed and even encouraged to thrive there.
Keep an eye out for these friendly species-they can help you control other insect pests and keep your plants healthy.