Description: Black carpet beetles are oval-shaped and dark brown ... often making their way inside homes. Diet: Black garden ants consume ripe fruit, other insects, and honeydew produced by ...

Our gardens are home to many natural predators, from the familiar ladybugs and spiders to the less-familiar rove beetles and parasitic wasps. These beneficial garden insects, or “beneficials ...

which we learned many gardeners regard as essential players in controlling Japanese beetles and other garden pests. We were surprised by some of the results. For example, we suspected gardeners ...