Insects that eat flowers are troublesome pests and an ever-present source of exasperation in the home garden. This is ...

Everyone knows how valuable bees are to your garden because they are pollinating your flowers. But they’re not the only ...

Flowers can also evolve highly specialized relationships with specific pollinators, thus influencing how insects make their choices. Some flowers, like dandelions, have their pollen in plain sight ...

Learn how to get rid of scale insects on plants with safe, effective methods for both indoor and outdoor plants. Discover ...

Like dill, annual marigolds, especially French marigolds, are often grown as companion plants in food gardens to attract beneficial insects and keep pests at bay. Not only do these plants appeal to ...

Sunflower is a native plant in the High Plains region and as a result, sunflower insect pests are also native. These insect pests feed and survive on both wild and domestic (cultivated) sunflower ...

Gardeners can use them to confuse pests as well as attract predatory insects such as hoverflies – which feed on aphids. The way it works is that the flowers distract insects from the other plants.

Mapping insects, vertebrates (which includes hummingbirds and bats), wind and water, the team found that bugs have been responsible for around 86% of plant pollination throughout history and ...

No gardener wants to spend time and energy on their vegetable patch, only for pests to destroy the crop. Plant these flowers in your garden to deter pests and enjoy pretty blooms.

Planting flower strips in a field with at least two species can increase the number of natural enemies of pests by 70%. The more flower species, the better the effect, according to a new meta ...