The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and The Wildlife Trusts are calling on gardeners across the country to help save hoverflies. This fly family is the second most significant pollinator after bees ...

Despite the problems the cold can cause for farmers, gardeners, and homeowners, a cold winter can be a welcome event from a pest management perspective.

Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.

Releasing 10,000 of microscopic wasps into a home may not sound like the most obvious way to tackle a moth infestation, but ...

The Royal Horticultural Society and the Wildlife Trusts are calling on UK gardeners to get behind a campaign to the humble ...

Beyond aphids, ladybugs also hunt a variety of small plant pests ... Dragonflies are also efficient predators, capturing more ...

For me autumn brings to mind spring bulb planting, winter vegetable planting and one particular fruit that I strongly associate with autumn is the Chilean guava. I last year planted a new ‘English ...

4. Hoverflies, like other flies, have a single pair of wings, whereas most other flying insects have two pairs. They also ...

"Torch the eggs in the crevices. Works great." Gardener issues surprising warning about common garden invader: 'I learned ...

Some non-breeding Mexican violetears may fly north into the United States ... Up to 80% of their diet is small insects like ...

Several lacewing species are effective pest controllers and are used in agriculture to manage pests such as aphids and mealybugs. Mantid lacewings, also known as mantisflies, resemble a strange hybrid ...