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A wide variety of insects in midsummer can chew petals (and foliage), which include many species of beetles, grasshoppers, ...
Of the many insect species that visit a vegetable garden, a small fraction are pests. Slugs, aphids, cabbage loopers, and ...
It’s summer, so naturally the June beetles are out at night in full force. What do they do at night? Feed on your plants of ...
Caterpillars, the larvae of butterflies and moths, can cause significant damage to flowers by chewing ... garden in the evening and dispose of the earwigs in the morning. Use diatomaceous earth around ...
More research into the ecology, morphology and physical and chemical nature of mucilage producing plants, their secreted adhesives, and how arthropods interact with them may provide us with a better ...
Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide's label rate—simulating vapor drift—eight days after application. This advancement in ...
Tooth enamel, the hardest substance in the human body, may be at risk of gradual and permanent wear from chewing vegetables.
Damage to your zinnia plants may be caused by nocturnal pests like slugs, snails, or earwigs. Here are the signs to identify them and what to do about it.
Zinnias often fall victim to nocturnal pests, like slugs and earwigs. Before you resort to pesticides, give this simple old-school control method a try.
Something is damaging impatiens, and Texas continues to feel the lingering impact of the February 2021 winter storm.
Herbicides kill plants by disrupting some part of a plant’s internal life chemistry. The part that is affected depends on the type of herbicide used.
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families 1 of 9 | Callie Grace was born on Christmas Eve 2009 after Katie Van Tornhout and her husband tried ...