It’s that time of year again, when the ground thaws, the days stretch a little longer and gardens begin to wake up. But along ...

In this particular exhibition at the Staten Island Museum, even the pink of the walls comes from bugs — in the form of lac, a coloring produced by scale insects (it’s the same natural dye used as ...

Pests are often part of a garden's eco-system, but they can also wreak havoc with plants - caterpillars included. But three plants could fend them off entirely ...

Gardeners are being encouraged to use a ‘clever trick’ to confuse pests and protect their crops. Garden pests can damage plants, reduce yields, and frustrate even the most experienced gardeners.

Rather than getting an early start on lawn care at the first hint of spring, experts say consider waiting until the weather ...

A Christmas beetle resting on a leaf during the day. Image credit ... although some are predators of spider eggs. By eating other insects, mantisflies may play a role in controlling pest populations.

Areas with livestock showed an abundance of leaf-eating grasshoppers and a depletion of the spiders ... discover the exact mechanisms that link livestock, wildlife, vegetation, pests and predatory ...

Local arborists are encouraging Illinois residents to keep an eye out for a spreading invasive insect this spring. Jess ...

Therefore, regular inspections of these plants will help reveal most pest infections or damage caused by leaf-eating pests, allowing for timely control measures to protect and salvage the crop ...

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research paper found that in ...

Skin flakes are hard to digest. It’s like eating hair, or feathers. So dust mites have powerful digestive enzymes to break the skin down. Those enzymes turn up in dust mite poop. And let’s just say ...

The attacks by leaf-eating pests, particularly bagworms, have been reported in several areas in Peninsular Malaysia, especially in the states of Johor and Perak, Plantation and Commodities Minister ...