Q: What can you tell me about ladybugs? We have aphids on our iris and rose plants. Do ladybugs really help by eating them? Should I buy some or wait for the ones living nearby to come? A: There are ...

A short time-lapse video making the rounds online shows a ladybug clearing aphids from a plant, offering an example of how natural predators can help gardeners control pests without chemicals. On ...

Q: There are small black bugs covering the stems of my zucchini plants. I seem to get a lot of zucchini, but these bugs are disgusting. I also see some ladybugs and some longer spotted insects that ...

Aphids are a common sap-feeding insect pest found in the garden. Large clusters of aphids can raise understandable concern from gardeners. Aphids are also a favorite food of many predatory insects.

Ladybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don’t start off that way. Also called lady beetles or ladybirds, they pop out of their eggs as prickly mini-monsters with an insatiable hunger for ...