Employ the Help of Beneficial Insects in Your Landscaping

If you want the best-looking yard in your Las Vegas neighborhood, encourage beneficial insects to live there. They help to pollinate your plants and eat pests. Many homeowners discover that if they can encourage enough beneficial insects to live in their yard, they do not have to use as many chemicals.

Pollinators

Pollinators are those insects that help pollinate flowers and plants so that they will bloom. Without them, many plants will not thrive. Common examples include honeybees, hoverflies, and carpenter bees. In order to encourage them to live in your landscaping, create a cover for them by leaving a pile of dead wood in your yard or an area with dry grasses. Ensure that they have a water source that they can reach. When choosing flower varieties, choose those with a single row of petals as they usually have more pollen.

Predators

Predator insects often eat other insects that you find pesky. Ladybugs are not only beautiful, but they eat aphids that may attack your roses and many garden plants. Ground beetles feast on bugs in the ground that stop your plants from getting a strong start. Lacewings eat spider mites and thrips. In order to encourage these insects to live in your landscaping, consider planting some garlic, dill, geraniums or bachelor’s buttons.

Parasites

The third type of insect that you need to encourage to live in your landscaping is parasite insects. These insects lay their eggs or larvae on other insects. Then, when the young are born, they eat the adult insects. Many small wasps fall into this category. Predatory mites live on other insects consuming them for food. Providing a variety of different flowers of varying heights is a great way to encourage these insects to your yard.

If you need help creating a desert landscaping in Las Vegas to get these insects to live in your yard, local professionals would love to discuss your ideas and goals with you.