Whiteflies are one of those pests that leave you confused over how they came into your home in the first place because ...

Plants won’t need watering nearly as often as they might have during the growing season, but if we have a dry winter, they still would benefit from regular checking and occasional watering.

There are a few approaches to treating an outbreak. First, quarantine the plant. If you’re not too squeamish, just squish all ...

UD insect ecology and conservation student Thor Freeman pursues medical entomology career with the U.S. Air Force ...

Be sure to check these areas carefully if you suspect scale have invaded your plants and be on the lookout for sticky “honeydew,” which soft-bodied scale release as they feed. As infestations progress ...

Spotted lanternflies blacken a tree-of-heaven trunk at a property along Airport Highway in Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2024. The ...

Learn how to grow and care for Early Wonder® Camellia for beautiful blooms year after year. Get to know the ideal light, soil ...

In the fall, I take in numerous houseplants that I grew on the deck or in containers in the garden. Plumeria, hibiscus, ...

In Madagascar, some geckos have been observed lapping up the honeydew produced by plant hoppers. This may be mutualism, with the gecko's presence keeping predators of planthoppers away, but scientists ...

How much of Earth’s plant diversity is distributed across islands, and how might this affect conservation efforts? It emerges that islands contain a disproportionately large share of global ...

The quarantine zone is bordered on the north by Anaheim, on the south by John Wayne Airport, on the west by Huntington Beach, ...

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