Most of the insects in the home landscape are beneficial. Learn how to identify them and support them in your garden. If pests are found, we encourage using control measures that are safest for you and the environment.
Beneficial & benign insects
- Insects: Our Most Under-Appreciated Neighbors
- Predatory Insects & Predatory Spiders
- Parasitoids
- Pollinator Basics
- Managing City and Suburban Yards to Sustain Insect Communities
Outdoor insect profiles
Stinging and biting insects
- Asian Longhorned Tick
- Baldfaced Hornet
- Bird Mites
- Bumble Bees
- Chiggers
- European Hornets
- Fleas
- Honey Bees
- Horse and Deer Flies
- Kissing Bugs
- Mosquitoes
- Northern Giant Hornet (not present in Maryland)
- Mud Daubers
- Paper Wasps
- Ticks
- Yellowjackets
