The Insect Eras Tour: Beneficial insects and pests in Colorado gardens

Join CSU Extension horticultural and entomology expert Lisa Mason for the Insect Eras Tour! 🎤🐛

In one of her best performances to date, Lisa explains the various roles of beneficial insects and how to attract them to your landscape, then dive into the details of 20+ types of insects found in Colorado.

Let the tour begin!

00:00 Introduction
1:23 Why do we care about insects?
2:00 What are the benefits of insects?
4:14 Pollinators and plants
5:58 Types of pollinators

Get all the details on:
8:02 Yucca moths and yucca plants
8:45 Fireflies
10:08 Cicadas
11:56 Cochineal scale insects
13:07 Mosquitos
14:42 Wasps (overview)
17:04 Western yellowjackets
19:14 European paper wasp
20:56 Bald-face hornets and aerial yellowjackets
21:55 Miller moths
25:39 Butterflies
27:41 Sphinx moths
28:49 Japanese beetles
35:45 Social insects: Honeybees
37:57 Lady beetles
39:24 Lacewings
40:38 Syrphid flies
41:39 Praying mantis
43:46 Jewel beetles
44:53 Emerald ash borers
49:35 Honey locust borers
50:21 Dragonflies
51:10 Spiders