Flower insects
Many flowers and other plants rely on pollinators to reproduce and pollinators rely on flowers for food. Some insects eat and damage flowering plants. Find out about the insect friends and foes of blooming plants.
Visit Plants and landscapes to support pollinators for information on creating habitat for bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects.
- Aphids
- Bees — The U of M Bee Lab and Extension Bee Squad
- Caterpillars
- Earwigs
- Fourlined plant bugs
- Iris borers
- Japanese beetles
- Rose chafers
- Sawflies
- Slugs
- Solitary wasps
- Spider mites
- Spittlebugs
- Wasps and bees
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