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Garden Visitor: Photo Of The Day

A beneficial katydid on a marigold.

An insect on a miniature marigold in a San Leandro, Calif. flower garden.
An insect on a miniature marigold in a San Leandro, Calif. flower garden. (Miyo Burnett)

SAN LEANDRO, CA — Gardeners are constantly on the lookout for pest that eat their plants, but some insects are beneficial. In addition to pollinators, such as bees, ladybugs and katydids eat destructive pests like aphids and their eggs.

Miyo Burnett recently snapped a photo of a katydid in her flower garden.

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