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Whenever I find a new insect in my garden that I haven’t seen before I take a photo and send it to my very knowledgeable gardening friends to see if they can I.D. it. If they don’t know, I try the museum. The other thing I usually want to know is whether it’s “good” or “bad” Now, some people would argue there’s no such thing as a “bad” bug. Just as a weed can be seen as a plant that’s in the wrong place, garden pests are insects that happen to be — for us gardeners — in the wrong place at the wrong time. But they can also be an indication that something’s amiss or lacking in the soil and plants. Some bugs aren’t all that destructive and you just need…