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If you garden without pesticides, one of the best ways to manage pests is by keeping your plants healthy and encouraging ...
When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...
A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...
Everyone knows how valuable bees are to your garden because they are pollinating your flowers. But they’re not the only ...
Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Swarms of “lovebugs” are back in South Korea, blanketing a mountain peak, entering houses and ...
An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...
What comes to mind when you think of beneficial insects in your yard? Observant gardeners will often name one of the ...
Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of ...
On May 27, 2023, in Hunan, China, the video showed the man coming across an unusually coloured insect while walking outdoors. At first glance, the insect’s plump black-and-white body appeared so ...
An 8-year-old girl in China vomited worms for a month before doctors found drain fly larvae from household water were the cause.