Pollinators and Beneficial Insects

Assassin bugs are predatory insects.

Linthicum Walks is a historic home and farm complex in the Gambrills/Crofton area of Anne Arundel County. An on-site demonstration pollinator garden was planted with over 25 different native plants. The goal of the garden is to demonstrate sustainable gardening practices, the importance of pollinators, and the ecological importance of native plants.

Flower flies are a natural predator of aphids. Flower flies are mainly nonselective pollinators, feeding on nectar and pollen from a variety of plants and agriculturally important crops.

Parasitoids are small insects whose immature stages develop either within or attached to the outside of other insects, referred to as hosts.

Predatory bugs are in the insect order Hymenoptera and use piercing-sucking mouthparts to kill their prey.

Lacewings are delicate green or brown insects, excellent predators of aphids and other small insects.

Tachinid flies are among the many beneficial flies that prey on garden pests.

Aphid parasitoids are very tiny wasps that lay their eggs in aphids.

Mining bees in Lawns

Bumble bees are important pollinators that feed on nectar and pollen. They very rarely sting.