If only we could garden without the insects, what a great place Texas could be. But they’re here, and so are we, and we must learn to identify and deal with the issues they bring us.

A few days ago in the garden, I spotted a small but very attractive insect. It was slim, around three quarters of an inch long and had a striking orange and black pattern that was hard to miss. I ...

The caterpillar overwinters as an egg mass covered with black a varnish-like material. The caterpillars hatch early in March about 13—160 (59 peak) GDD50. Cornus mas may be in full bloom when the eggs ...

The sting of the caterpillar causes severe pain that radiates throughout the body."There are little hollow hairs in that fluffy, hairy material," Theresa Dellinger, a diagnostician at the Insect ...

If you see small black, waxy specks, they would be the excrement. You may even be able to see a few of the adult pests with clear wings on the backs of the leaves. Lace bugs on Boston ivy.

If you spent any time outdoors this spring, you probably noticed the abundance of caterpillars. Any place you'll find greenery—parks, trees, gardens—you're sure to find a caterpillar or two ...

The caterpillars’ biomass can double each day, making them one of the fastest-growing cabbage-feeding caterpillars. One female cabbage white can lay up to 800 eggs that hatch into very hungry ...