There are hundreds of orange and black bugs of various sizes that seem to be feeding on my milkweed plants ... any type of pesticide in your butterfly garden. You can control the population ...

Q: For several years now, I have had milkweed growing on my tiny front ... are milkweed bugs and not box elder bugs. These two are both elongated bugs with orange and black markings and look ...

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 they seemed to lay tons ...

For the second year, a fungus that smells like something dead has shown up in my garden beds. The mushroom is orange and looks ... attracts flies and other insects that normally feed on or lay ...

Can you please tell me what my hungry ... dull black (unlike the shiny black ground beetles). Unlike predatory ground beetles, they prefer to devour young seedlings instead of other bugs.

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.

Q: What is this tiny black beetle with orange spots? There are a bunch of ... Q: I would like to take better advantage of solar power in my garden. What ways are there to do this?

Q: Red and black bugs have appeared in my vegetable and flower gardens ... Gardeners sometimes assume that a native species in a garden setting can be more hands-off, but during the ...