With our outdoor plants now properly covered with a blanket of snow, it’s time to turn our attention to our houseplants and ...

As the warmer weather becomes a breeding ground for all kinds of leaf-destroying bugs, plant-owners should be warned to make ...

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 ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

A quick and easy guide to seven of the most common—and most destructive—insect pests on your household plants, plus how to get rid of them. A whitefly infestation is a damaging and stubborn ...

Feb. 5, 2025 — With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A ...

While many gardeners resort to chemical treatments to fend off unwanted bugs, there’s a more environmentally friendly way to protect your plants: beneficial insects. These natural allies help control ...

Is your flourishing garden being invaded by flying and crawling insects? It’s a real pain in the butt for me seeing those freeloaders infesting my precious harvest. And before I can bring those ...

Planting native perennials can improve a local ecosystem, strengthening any garden. This list of New York-native perennials ...

A cabbage worm feeding on mustard greens. Photo courtesy of MelindaMyers.com. You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various ...

Fungus gnats and scale insects are two pesky insects commonly found on plants this time of year. K-State horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini outlines what to look for.

Nearly all gardeners have tales of how their once-pristine crops came to be ravaged by an onslaught of insects.