Friend or Foe? Know Your Beneficial Insects From Their Crop Pest Look-Alikes

If you want to work with nature to keep pests at bay, you need to brush up on your scouting skills. Many of the most important beneficial insects have less friendly doppelgangers.

Here are a couple of common groups to get you started.

Example of pest caterpillars

Example of beneficial caterpillars


Darkling ground beetle vs. beneficial counterpart side-by-side

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