| Bugs
      Top l to r: green shieldbug, common damselbug; bottom l to r: Myrmus miriformis (a grassbug), hawthorn shieldbug© Top (both images): Roger Key/English Nature; bottom l to r: Roger Key/English Nature, Bob GibbonsMany bugs are serious garden pests, including greenfly and blackfly. Gardeners have many natural allies in the conflict with aphids, including hoverflies and ladybirds. Wasps also kill aphids and this is one good reason to tolerate their presence in a garden, although few people may want to give them active encouragement. PlantsBulrush, Garden candytuft, Night-scented stock PredatorsBees and wasps, Birds, Blackcap, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Common damselbug, Common red soldier beetle, Common wasp, Crevice spider, Dance fly, Dolichovespula media, Dunnock, Garden warbler, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great tit, Greenfinch, Grey wagtail, House sparrow, Linnet, Long-tailed tit, Marsh tit, willow tit, Meadow pipit, Misumena vatia, Oak bush-cricket, Pheasant, Pied flycatcher, Red ant, Red-headed cardinal beetle, Redpoll, Redstart, Reed bunting, Robin, Siskin, Spotted flycatcher, Tree sparrow, Treecreeper, Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren, Xysticus cristatus, Yellow-necked mouse, Yellowhammer, Zebra spider BugsCalocoris norvegicus, Common damselbug, European chinchbug, Green shieldbug, Hawthorn shieldbug, Myrmus miriformis |
