There are hundreds of orange and black bugs of various sizes that seem to be feeding on my milkweed plants. What should I do? When I went to research this topic, I had to laugh at the simplicity ...

Black and orange bugs on milkweed plants are usually milkweed bugs and not box elder bugs. In big enough numbers, they can do significant plant damage. Skip to Article. Set weather.

If you have this plant in your yard, keep an eye out for the boxelder bug-like group of black and orange beetles known as milkweed bugs. The Save Our Monarchs Foundation gives an overview of four ...

Boxelder bugs may not be harmful to you or your home, but they can be a major nuisance when they invade your space during the ...

Q: We recently noticed some unusual bugs in the garden. They are just under about half-inch in length. The small ones are solid red but the big ones have backs with red and black markings that ...

Q: Red and black bugs have appeared in my vegetable and flower gardens, both on plants and fence posts. They tend to group together. How do I protect my plants? A: These are boxelder bugs, a ...

I made a bunch of beer traps, filled them with some cheap beer, and ended up trapping a lot of earwigs, pill bugs, and slugs. Now something is digging up my bean seeds, which I planted directly in ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. For the second year, a fungus that smells like something dead has shown up ...

QUESTION: A month or so back, I noticed half-inch black and orange bugs all over my orange butterfly weed plants (milkweed). The bugs didn't seem to bother the plants, but ...

Q:I found these little black and white bugs in my garden. What can I do to discourage them? A: You should encourage them, not discourage them. The bugs you brought in are minute pirate bugs ...

A few days ago in the garden, I spotted a small but very attractive insect. It was slim, around three quarters of an inch long and had a striking orange and black pattern that was hard to miss. I ...

Hi, Sue. Last year, gray squash-eating bugs appeared in my garden around the kubocha squash vines. I read that applications of a Neem oil-water mixture sprayed on both sides of the leaves and vines… ...