Maggots in your soil can be alarming, especially if you don't know what caused them. By eliminating their ideal conditions, ...

Grub worms are difficult to get rid of, and common mistakes gardeners make in their fight against the pests exacerbate the ...

This insidious little creature’s larva love to inhabit overly wet soils. Their larval feeding habits can damage plant roots, ...

July and August in the vegetable garden ... emerge when soil temperatures reach ~55 °F, feed on pollen and on other plants until cucurbits become available. They mate on host plants, then lay eggs at ...

If these pests are detected early as a result of regular and careful checks, they can almost always be controlled by mechanical (IPM) means before resorting to using a pesticide for control.

Q • I recently got a few new plants and now I’m noticing tiny black gnats flying around my house. What are they, and how can ...

Go to bit.ly/IPMSeasonalChecklist and select the region in which you are located. This will take you to a month-by-month ...

Beetles are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet, so you shouldn’t be surprised to find many different kinds thriving in your garden. Here’s how to separate the good, the bad, and the ...

Although generally a cooler month, January can still be visited by pest and diseases and unwelcome weeds, often the result of ...

Once hatched, the larvae feed voraciously for about two to three weeks before burrowing into the soil surface ... when infestations go unnoticed. These pests feed on the leaves and stems of ...

Another reason to keep them around is because many of our much-loved garden visitors ... The most serious damage is caused by the larvae which live in the soil and eat roots, weakening growth ...

Larvae feed continuously on leaves, then drop to soil where they pupate ... a diversity of native flowering plants in and around garden beds. Insecticides are not usually warranted for this pest. In ...