Warm days start stretching longer, flowers push green shoots through soil, and excitement builds about fresh tomatoes, roses, ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is already moving to squash it. But a lot of the insects in a normal backyard are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The way gardeners view insects has come a long way in the past few decades. The importance of pollinators and the natural pest ...

Ginny Bartolone began writing DIY and home improvement guides nearly 10 years ago, covering everything from energy-efficient appliances to cracked foundations. Whether she's compiling cost information ...

Don't kill the dandelions in your yard just yet. If you're strict about the appearance of your lawn, getting rid of those sunshine-yellow flower heads speckling your otherwise blemish-free grass may ...

Sometimes the fight against pest problems can feel relentless. You try everything from using pest-repellent plants to removing pests by hand, and yet some pests have a way of sticking around and ...

Many hoped that one silver lining from the winter storm last year would be less insect pests, but unfortunately many seemed worse than ever – grasshoppers, caterpillars and aphids had particularly ...

Male insects, such as crickets and katydids, create sounds by rubbing their wings together, a process called stridulation. The sounds of these insects, which have existed for millions of years, can be ...

Many of the questions coming into the Extension Office this summer are about insect pest identification and control. There are many beneficial and harmless insects out there to be mindful of and ...

Do you know what you get when two peas fight? Black-eyed peas. Even if vegetables can’t fight, there’s plenty of tension around the yard and garden from insects and diseases. Insects have been out in ...

If you plant a garden, they will come. Insects, that is. Frank Lutz, curator of insects at the American Museum of Natural History in New York in the early 20th century, counted almost 1,500 species in ...