Gardening is a rewarding activity that connects us with nature and offers a peaceful outdoor retreat. However, ensuring a flourishing garden can be challenging, especially when it comes to pest ...

Fallen leaves aren’t the only seasonal change that students are noticing at Belmont–an unusually high number of ladybug look-alikes are making themselves at home around campus. “We see it a lot in our ...

I was looking at one of my citrus trees a few days ago and was so excited to see something I had not seen in quite a while — a ladybug! Then I noticed it didn’t quite look like what I think of as a ...

As the federal government shutdown continues, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced the use of $2 million to support food banks in the state, reports AL.com’s Savannah Tryens-Fernandes. The money is coming ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With their bright red shells and signature black spots, ladybugs are some of the most beloved insects in ...

Have you seen something that looks like snowflakes on leaves or branches? If you take a closer look at the white floof, you’ll see that they’re actually insects.Asian woolly hackberry aphids can be ...

You can find Part 1 of this series here and Part 2 here. We ended Part 2 with the disappointing finding that the ladybug larvae had disappeared and no pupae were to be found. I feared they died ...

You can find Part 1 of this series here. We ended the last blog post with the discovery of a clump of ladybug eggs on a stem of aphid-infested goldenrod. A ladybug laid her eggs on an aphid-infested ...

They go by names such as the lady beetle or ladybird beetle, but you may be most familiar with one. There are more kinds of beetles than any other insect in the world. And of all the beetles, the most ...