Where Have All the (Lily) Beetles Gone?
Lily beetles are so brightly colored you can scarcely miss them. Photo: www.telegraph.co.uk I usually write this blog to answerContinue Reading
Category: Beneficial insects
Help Conserve Monarch Butterflies by Being Part of a Monitoring Network across North America
Follow the Blitz on social media at #MonarchBlitz Join hundreds of volunteers in Canada, Mexico and the United States, fromContinue Reading
The Moth That Flies Like a Hummingbird
Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) visiting a thistle. Video: gifer.com One of the more curious insects you’re likely to run into asContinue Reading
Ants in the Garden: Both Friends and Enemies
If you garden, you’ll certainly run into ants. They are everywhere! Different species occur on all the continents except AntarcticaContinue Reading
Giant Wasp, But Essentially Harmless
Last summer, during the Garden Communicators International annual symposium in Chicago, Illinois, while visiting vast and fabulous Lincoln Park, IContinue Reading
20 Surprising Facts About Ladybugs
1. Ladybugs, also called ladybirds, are not true bugs (Hemiptera family)… and certainly aren’t birds either! They’re small beetles ofContinue Reading
No Bees, No Fruit!
Growing your own fruit trees and small fruits is an exercise fraught with unexpected complications and one of the mostContinue Reading
The Fly That Attacks Japanese Beetles
Ever since the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) first showed up in New Jersey in 1912, apparently brought over from JapanContinue Reading
Body-Snatching Wasps Help Control Pests
There’s a whole range of tiny insects called parasitoid wasps (some 700,000 species worldwide) that are helping to control insectContinue Reading
The 15 Pace Rule
Yes, perfection does exist … in some works of art, but not in the garden. There is almost always somethingContinue Reading