Spiders: Brainier Than Other Bugs
The common house spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum), found all over the world, keeps insects from taking over our homes. Photo: FynContinue Reading
Category: Beneficial insects
Moths: The Forgotten Pollinators
Moths often pollinate the same flowers as bees, but at night. Photo: Aditidutttyagi10, Wikimedia Commons One side of the LepidopteraContinue Reading
Where Do Insects Go in the Winter?
Ill.: photoshopcontest.com In the summer, insects are everywhere: in your flower bed, buzzing around your head, squashed on the windshieldContinue Reading
One Fly Gardeners Should Learn to Appreciate
A typical hoverfly. Photo: www.kiwicare.co.nz Humans tend to revile flies as annoying, disgusting, disease-carrying, biting pests and indeed, some ofContinue Reading
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
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