Beetles are fascinating, but there are so many that it is difficult to know where to begin – more than 350,000 species that scientists know of. (And many more that have not even been discovered.) How ...

The earth is crawling and buzzing with insects, which in early July are at their peak abundance, making them easy to see and ...

Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan ...

"Congratulations! Such a great feeling." Homeowner shares stunning photos of long-awaited visitors to backyard garden: 'It's ...

The earliest insects to show up were the swamp milkweed leaf beetles. I first spotted these attractive looking beetles in late May. While preferring swamp milkweed, they will feed on any milkweed ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Bright orange milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) usually emerge toward the end of summer and feed in clusters on the stems and leaves of common milkweed, swamp milkweed, and other milkweed plants ...

I n the past four months, I’ve become a loyal steward of narrow leaf milkweed.. I've got other plants in my backyard, but none of them are as meticulously watched and cared for as this one. It ...

Their caterpillars exclusively eat the leaves of a native wildflower called milkweed and the amount of it growing in North America has plummeted. In the state of Illinois alone, milkweed numbers ...

She has 25 stalks of milkweed under surveillance, and spends an hour every Sunday examining the underside of each leaf. “It’s a very sweaty and detailed job,” she said. But when asked why ...

When he collects eggs, he plucks the leaf off and places it into a bucket with other milkweed leaves. After thoroughly checking the plant, Poreba brings the eggs home to raise. Caterpillars big ...

Bright orange milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) usually emerge toward the end of summer and feed in clusters on the stems and leaves of common milkweed, swamp milkweed, and other milk ...