Most gardeners learn early to scan leaves for the eggs of squash bugs or stink bugs and remove them on sight. Yet the same ...

Most gardeners know that ladybugs and lacewings are welcome visitors. What fewer people realize is how deliberately you can ...

Pexels Most gardeners have been conditioned to reach for the spray bottle the moment they see something moving on their ...

For many people, seeing ladybugs in your yard or garden often gets described as a good sign, and it is. However, there’s a ...

What’s known as the ladybug in the United States is called the ladybird beetle in the U.K. or lady beetles elsewhere. Entomologists prefer those names because ladybugs are not “true” bugs, in the ...

If you saw an insect that vaguely resembled a tiny alligator on one of your plants, would you think that perhaps you should remove it, squish it or run for the spray? You are most likely looking at ...

You can find Part 1 of this series here. We ended the last blog post with the discovery of a clump of ladybug eggs on a stem of aphid-infested goldenrod. A ladybug laid her eggs on an aphid-infested ...

Thirty-five percent of all households in America, or about 42 million households, are growing food at home or in a community garden. That's up 17 percent in the past five years, according to a 2016 ...

Ladybugs are a cheery sight; there's something about these easily recognizable red insects with black spots that lightens the heart and brings out a childlike glee in even the most hardened soul.

Everyone has seen ladybugs in the garden and in the house. Ladybugs are those cute red bugs with black dots on their bodies. In the house, they are just trying to find a warm place, often in the ...