Hoverflies can carry pollen over greater distances than bees and pollinate many plants that grow in your garden or yard. Look ...

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If you garden without pesticides, one of the best ways to manage pests is by keeping your plants healthy and encouraging ...

Good bugs pollinate our food crops, enrich and fertilize the soil, eat our garbage and provide food for wildlife.

Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some can benefit your garden. So don't be so quick to try to get rid of every insect you see crawling on your plants. Some are not pests. Many are actually hardworking ...

Experts have said the surging summer temperatures and the driest spring in a century have caused wasp population to increase ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. You want them in your garden because both lacewing adults and larvae are major predators of aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

From carpet beetles to ladybugs to palo verde beetles, here's what to know about the most common beetles in Arizona and why they get in your house.

I think we all got lulled into thinking we were going to have weekly rainfall and milder weather, and then we entered July.

Planting Edmonds is a monthly column written by and for local gardeners. For as long as I can remember, I have been wandering through gardens. My earliest memories are ...

Aphids insects in the plant. This are small sap sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Its other names include greenfly and blackfly. Small insects. Royalty-free licenses let you ...