Most of the pest control in a healthy garden is done by insects, not by sprays. These are the four predators our catalog tracks, what each of them hunts, and which plants draw them in.
- HoverfliesThe adults only drink nectar. It is the larvae that eat the aphids.142 plants attract them · 2 pests kept in check
- Parasitic waspsPinhead-sized, stingless, and lethal to aphids and caterpillars from the inside.99 plants attract them · 7 pests kept in check
- LadybirdsThe one predator here where the adults hunt as hard as the larvae do.53 plants attract them · 1 pest kept in check
- LacewingsGolden-eyed adults that mostly drink; larvae that hunt like small alligators.44 plants attract them · 4 pests kept in check
