{"id":571,"date":"2022-04-28T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:15:10","slug":"beneficial-pests-in-durham-and-york-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qualityaffordablepestcontrol.ca\/blog\/beneficial-pests-in-durham-and-york-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneficial Pests In Durham And York Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever heard about beneficial pests? Not all pests are damaging, but many other species also have advantages. For instance, many bugs and insects reside in your garden and prey upon damage-causing pests and decaying material and help in pollination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the problem worsens, you should hire expert Quality Affordable Pest Control<\/strong> to eliminate disadvantageous pests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following are the species found in Durham<\/strong> <\/a>and <\/strong>York<\/strong> <\/a>region during summer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honey Bees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Honey bees are completely docile insects, and they only attack if they feel threatened by humans or animals. Honey bees are especially famous for producing honey. It goes from flower to flower to collect nectar which is later converted into sweet honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honey bees play a vital role in pollination by spreading pollens with their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady Bugs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ladybugs have more than 400 species. All adults and larvae love to eat aphids or other soft-bodied pests\u2014fun fact: they can eat 40 to 50 aphids in a day without damaging the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spiders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many spider <\/a>species feed upon tiny pests in your garden or indoor plants. Moreover, they are pretty harmless for human beings. However, they sometimes eat beneficial pests too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wasps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wasps <\/a>typically feed multiple times in a single day. They usually live in groups and can remove all the damaging pests from your garden. Wasps’ bodies are covered in tiny hair that helps transport pollen from flower to flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Syrphid Flies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Commonly known as hoverflies or flower flies<\/a>, Syrphid flies are small bees attracted to nectar and pollens. They play a significant role in the pollination of strawberries and raspberries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They feed on aphids living in tight dark cracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minute Pirate Bugs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pirate bugs are beneficial because they feed upon destructive pests in your home, including aphids, spider mites, thrips, and insect eggs. They are essential for corn crops as they feed on earworm eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Centipedes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Centipedes <\/a>usually crawl in dark and hidden places to hunt notorious pests like moths, spiders, and cockroaches. They are considered natural pest controllers in York and Durham region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beetles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ground beetles eat slugs and gypsy moth larvae, cankerworms, armyworms, cutworms, and snails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soldier beetle feed on grasshoppers, eggs, cucumber beetles, and caterpillars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lacewings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pale green or brown lacewings are usually giant with large veined wings. Their primary food source is flower nectar. Nevertheless, they benefit us by eating scales, aphids, moth eggs, thrips, tint caterpillars, or mites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assassin Bugs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As<\/a><\/em>sassin bugs<\/a> mostly hunt several pest species like tomato hornworms, spider mites, and thrips. They are brown, black or green; however, some species are specified with brightly colored bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How To Attract Beneficial Pests In Your Garden?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in inviting beneficial pests into your garden, keep the following points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n