Tag: biological pest control

Attracting Dragonflies to your Garden

Attracting Dragonflies to your Garden

Dragonfly Habitat The first and last word in attracting dragonflies to the garden is water, and lots of it. Dragonflies lay their eggs either near or in water, which hatch into nymphs that spend the first few months of their life cycle as aquatic organisms. Insect...
Build a Bat House in your Landscape

Build a Bat House in your Landscape

When most people hear the word “pollinator,” and “pest controller,” the first thing to come to mind isn’t a little nocturnal, furry, flying animal. Nonetheless, bats and an often-overlooked species in conservation that perform vital ecosystem functions. In Minnesota,...