Good insects act as beneficial agents in your garden, feeding on harmful pests or pollinating flowers. Beneficial insects include ladybugs (they love to eat aphids and scale insects), praying mantis (they don’t bite and love to eat moths and mosquitoes) and bees (to help in pollinating your flowering vegetables).
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