Garden Magic Company Beneficial Insects and the Plants that attract them

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Beneficials and the Plants That Attract Them
by Ann Barklow

Beneficial Insect	Plants to attract them
Syrphid fly or Hover fly	Coreopsis, sweet alyssum, feverfew, parsley, buckwheat, candytuft, fennel, oleander, oregano, baby-blue eyes, Ceanothus.
Lacewing larvae	Borage, Angelica, dill, parsley, corn, sunflowers, Rhamnus, carrot, oleander.
Tachinid flies	California Coffeeberry (Rhamnus), california buckwheat (eriogonum species), Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis), fennel*, Euonymus, sweet alyssum.
Damsel bugs	Alfalfa, strawflower, fennel*.
Braconid wasps	Parsley-family, yarrow, tree of heaven, fennel, alyssum, wild carrot, California Coffeeberry (Rhamnus), freesias, and crocus.
Chalcid Wasps	Euonymus, Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis).
Minute pirate bug	Corn, yarrow, clover, vetch, and daisies.
Dragonflies	water, reed grass, cattails.
Soldier beetles	fennel*, yarrow.
Assassin bugs	oleander, carrot.
Ladybird beetles	Angelica, oleander, yarrow, alfalfa, tansy, Rhamnus, native grasses, fennel*.
Ground beetles	Evening primrose,* compost piles, stones, wood, debris, and mulch.
Sand Wasps	Euonymus, oregano* and other herbs, fennel*, Angelica, california buckwheat.
Trichogramma wasps	Wildflowers, sweet alyssum, lavender.
Ichneumon Wasps	Borage, California Coffeeberry (Rhamnus), Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis).
	* Invasive in garden. Do not plant tree of heaven or fennel near wild areas.