One of these nuisances is the carpenter bee, a species oftentimes confused with the bumblebee, which can burrow into your wooden decks and structures, leading to costly repairs on your Kansas property ...

The Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz is seeking volunteers with gardens to collect lady beetles for a two-week survey in June and August. A training workshop for the Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz will be held ...

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Biological control using an insect’s natural enemies is one of the simplest and most effective strategies gardeners use to ...

Lady beetles lay eggs in clusters of 20 around colonies ... Eggs hatch after an incubation period of three to five days. Larva. Once the eggs hatch, the larval stage lasts for roughly 10 days ...

Pueblo County CSU-Extension Office horticulture specialist Amanda Weidner writes about insects that are your allies in the garden.

Although the first bean leaf beetles typically emerge well before ... allowing the beneficial natural predators such as lady bugs and larvae, lacewing larvae, pirate bug nymphs and adults to ...

There are about 200 species of lady beetles in California, varying in color, size, and diet. Most are predators of pest insects as both adults and larvae. Some species feed primarily on aphids, while ...