Through a University of Illinois Extension–IPM minigrant program, staff members of the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) collaborated with Purdue University to create a set of laminated identification cards, The Good Guys, Natural Enemies of Insects.

The cards are designed to help home gardeners learn to recognize beneficial in- sects. The photos and information on each card provide sight identification of the organism or group of organisms considered beneficial in controlling insect garden pests. The cards are designed not for species identification but only to point out general categories of insects and animals that should be nurtured in the home garden.

The positive response to the beneficial insect cards prompted the INHS and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the U of I to produce a second set of cards, The Bad Guys! (Set #1: Garden Pests). The cards are available for $8 per set.

For more information, contact:

Mike Jeffords, jeffords@uiuc.edu, INHS

Illinois Natural History Survey
607 E. Peabody Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217)333-6880

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