Garden Bugs: The 10 Most Wanted Good GuysUse this search feature to quickly find the information you’re looking for. Garden Bugs: 10 Most Wanted. In this case these really are wanted! These are the good bugs you and your family want to have at home. 
What's that you say? No such thing as a good insect? The only good insect is a dead one? Nah. These good guys eat the bad guys. So if you kill off the good guys, you're going to have twice as many bad guys on your hands (and your plants). 1 Earthworms: They aerate the soil by tunneling, and their excrement fertilizes it. I call them "poopers". 2 Pillbugs: poopers 3 Dung beetles: poopers (The name says it all!) 4 Bumble bees: pollinate plants 5 Praying mantises: eat bad pests 6 Lacewings: eat aphids 7 Ladybugs: eat aphids and other pests 8 Braconid wasps: eat hornworms 9 Butterflies: pollinate plants 10 Wasps: pollinate plants. The Dirty Dozen: 12 Bad Guys
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