It's been another year of both discouraging and rewarding results. Here are some lessons I've learned, especially when it ...

Recent storms and extreme heat in North Carolina have triggered a surge in pests including mosquitoes and lawn-killing worms.

Every year during the last full week of July, people from all over the world participate in an international citizen science initiative that invites participants to document moth species that they ...

What Does a Hackberry Emperor Look Like? What type of butterfly is this? asks reader Andrea Rickard of Helena, Ohio. Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “This is a good view of the intricate pattern on ...

Homeowners are being urged to keep an eye on their gardens this summer as experts warn of an expected surge in damage caused by a fast-spreading invasive pest – the box tree moth caterpillar.

Mileski said nearby residents followed suit and now collect caterpillars to release as butterflies. Additionally, Mileski ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - From aphids to spittle bugs, there are annoying to destructive pests in many of our gardens. For ...

Monarch butterflies are noxious to potential predators because of the cardenolide toxins lacing their bodies, courtesy of the milkweed plants they fed on as larvae. Viceroy butterflies have no such ...

One Reddit user shared the exciting results of their effort to create the ideal habitat for a monarch butterfly caterpillar.

Simple things like hedgerows, field trees, and scruffy edges can help reverse the long-term decline of butterflies across ...

Fall armyworms are emerging earlier than usual in west Wichita, and local experts say numbers are already higher than last year.

Wasps have a practice of stinging and paralyzing caterpillars and insects to lay eggs into so their offspring will have ...