There are nearly 1 million known insect species on Earth, and just 2% of these insects are harmful to plants, animals or humans. Managing insects in the vegetable garden and home landscape requires an ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

I do not worry much about insects in my home garden and am always concerned when friends ask me to review proposals that include general spraying of trees and shrubs for insects. Practice integrated ...

Your Pet's Food Bowl Is a Bug Magnet Leaving pet bowls out in the open, indoors or out, can turn into an unintentional ...

I will bet everyone would love to receive a little free pest control in their yard. One way to achieve this would be to grow plants that provide food for beneficial insects. Beneficial insects can be ...

Pesticide safety is extremely important. If the directions on the label are followed, both the applicator and the environment ...

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Common European spittlebugs secretly spread a deadly bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, threatening over 600 plant species.

From your picture (see below), it looks like something is eating the leaves between the veins (an inconvenient process called “skeletonization”). This is most likely caused by insects, and several ...

I got a call a few years ago from a reader who also happens to be a relative. After the call I went over to her home and checked out the problem. From what I could see much of her cabbage and ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...