Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, Revised and Updated Second Edition

Introduction
How a Horticulturist Came to Bugs
All About Beneficials
Who They Are, How They Work, and What They Eat
Beneficial Bug Profiles
Meet the Predators and the Parasitoids
Gardening for Bugs
Where Plants and Insects Intersect
Plant Profiles
The Best Plants for Beneficials
Your Beneficial Border
A Guide to Designing for the Bugs
Companion Planting
Battling Pests with Plant Partnerships
Putting It All Together
Who the Beneficials Eat and What to Plant
The Commercial Stuff
Purchased Beneficials, Good Bug Lures, Supplemental Foods, and Seed Blends
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Resources
Index

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