Pollinators and Beneficial Insects

Predators are animals that eat other animals, called prey. Predatory insects eat many pest insects.

Common pollinators in Maryland include bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, beetles, and flies.

Scale and whitefly parasitoids are small insects that are beneficial for controlling pests in a garden.

Predatory beetles are good insects in a garden. They feed on pests such as aphids, mealybugs, caterpillars, grubs, and more.

Predatory Stink Bugs are beneficial in a garden.

Minute pirate bugs, also called flower bugs, are predatory insects.

Ambush bugs are predatory insects.

Scoliid wasps or digger wasps are often seen flying over lawns in search of white grubs.