If your plants' leaves are looking lacy—or you're seeing patches of dead grass in your lawn—Japanese beetles may be to blame.

There are several crops that can prevent flea beetles from taking up residence in your garden, including catnip, basil, thyme ...

Use floating row covers over seedlings and susceptible crops such as eggplants, which can be decimated by flea beetles. Keep ...

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

Both adults and larvae, which feed below the soil, are one of the best predators of insect pests in the garden. Ground beetle activity also helps suppress weeds. Braconid, Perilitus coccinellae, and ...

In the case of both aphids and Japanese beetles, spraying with a broad-spectrum insecticide can do more harm than good. These ...

It’s summer, so naturally the June beetles are out at night in full force. What do they do at night? Feed on your plants of ...

Here are some tricks to keep invasive, unwanted pests out of your garden. ... In the Garden: Japanese beetle control. By WCAX News Team. Published: Jun. 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM EDT ...

With the Fourth of July often comes the start of Japanese beetle season in Wisconsin. The pests are not a welcome guest to ...

Here’s how to protect your garden from pests and diseases Published: May. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m. Scenes from the Lents Community Garden in Southeast Portland, April 21, 2021.