Some garden pests just have to go. (We're looking at you, Japanese beetles.) However, other insect species can help you wage the war against harmful blights. If you spot one of these ten helpful ...

There is an army of beneficial insects in your garden doing all they can to control bad insects. And they won’t harm your plants. So when you see some of these insects, realize they need somewhere to ...

The vegetable garden is planted and growing well, and you are starting to scout for insect pests. While you’re scouting for pests, scout for beneficial insects too. Many people think all insects are ...

Question: What are beneficial insects, and how can my family help them stay safe in the winter? Answer: Beneficial insects garden along with you to help your plants thrive. The larva stage (the young) ...

Courtesy Yellow Aphids and a syrphid fly larva are on the leaf of tropical butterfly weed flowers. One of the plants that we like to have in the IDEA Demonstration Garden, located in the Tyler Rose ...

Before you reach for that pesticide spray to do battle with an insect in your garden, consider the beneficial insects living in your garden that thrive on consuming the pests. A pesticide sprayed over ...

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 ...

Gardeners are often hesitant to use chemical sprays on vegetables. One alternative to sprays is the use of beneficial insects such as lady beetles which can prevent destructive insects from devouring ...

While some gardeners still think that any bug in the garden is a bad bug, change is in the air. Most plant-lovers now realize that insects and plants go hand-in-hand and that there are far more ...

A landscape or garden filled with a variety of plant species is a highly complex ecological system inhabited by multitudes of insects and other small creatures. Each affects many other species in ...