Many butterflies and moths don’t migrate. If you see them in your yard in summer, they may be overwintering there too—in the form of egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or adult, and using your leaf litter ...

Leaving leaf litter on lawns can benefit overwintering insects, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert said.

At less than 3mm long, you may not think Dunatothrips aneurae seem like much. And—as I have shown in a new study published in ...

They’re about the size of a nickel and when stepped on can emit an unpleasant odor. You may also see one climbing up a window in your house this winter. We’re talking about the brown marmorated stink ...

Syngenta's CHESS insecticide remains a great option in insecticide rotations for control of aphids and suppression of ...

Steer clear! Wheel bugs are beneficial in the garden, but they deliver a painful bite when disturbed by humans. The post A ...

Methodology to evaluated earwig preying. Earwig and maize leafhopper nymphs to assessment predation on Petri dish (A). Earwig preying maize leaf hopper nymph (B). Overall, each earwig adult consumed ...

A zombie fungus, Massospora cicadina, can consume cicadas.

the fungus causes the ant to climb up a plant and lock onto a leaf or a stem with its jaws – a behavior called summiting. The ...

When the weather starts to turn cold, four common insect invaders may show up uninvited in your home. None of them breed in ...

This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that ...