Beth’s Bug Blog — spring garden
Bug of the Week: The Mason Bee
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The mason bee: small, solitary, spectacularly effective, and the hardest working tenant your garden will ever have. Put up a house. They’ll move right in!
Bug of the Week: The Green Lacewing
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The green lacewing: angelic on the outside, absolute chaos on the inside. Your garden couldn’t ask for a better friend.
Bug of the Week: The Eastern Tent Caterpillar
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The eastern tent caterpillar: a little destructive, a little communal, and one of the surest signs that spring has truly arrived.
The tent is up. The season is open.
Bug of the Week: The Bumblebee
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The bumblebee: humble, hardworking, and the real reason your tomatoes exist.
Plant accordingly.