The list of insect pollinators is long and includes many different species of bees ... The orchid Cypripedium subtropicum (which is native to southeast Asia) mimics aphids to lure hoverflies. The ...

These insects may be tiny, but they can cause big damage in your garden. Here's how to identify and control the little bugs ...

Matt Bertone, PhD, is an entomologist and director of the NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. Aphids inject their mouthparts into the plant tissue to feed on the sap. “When there are a ...

In a new study published in Ecology Letters, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the ...

Here are several common, good-for-your-garden insects that might surprise you: ...

Some insects will avoid the cold altogether and migrate to warmer temperatures such as the monarch butterfly, armyworms, ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It ...

Be they squash bugs, squash vine borers, cucumber beetles, aphids, Japanese beetles or other ... involves observing a particular insect pest, noting its life stages, and then calculating the ...

Aphids inflict their damage by sucking on plant ... Only about 1/16th-inch long, the white, gnat-like insect feeds on plant sap and cause leaves to discolor and drop. They are best removed by ...