From bugs to birds to rodents, learn how to prevent and control garden pests.
Only a tenth to a quarter of an inch long, tiny mealybugs don’t look particularly dangerous. However, these voracious plant-suckers can literally suck the life out of your plants if …
Read moreMealybugs: Making Pseudococcidae Pests Go Away For Good
Your garden is your pride and joy, and you put a lot of time and effort into making it flourish. So you’re going to want a rat proof garden. As …
Read moreRat Proof Garden: How To Get Rid Of Rodents In Garden Spaces
If you’re noticing a proliferation of flies, and your brassicas or root vegetables are starting to yellow, it’s a warning sign. You may have an infestation of root maggots. These …
Read moreRoot Maggots On The Rampage: Wiping Out Delia Species Pests
Ew, scale insects! Whether flat against leaves or fruit, or lumpy bumps on branches or stems, this widespread superfamily of insects is well over 8000 species strong. Many of them …
Much like aphids, whiteflies are a scourge in the garden. These tiny pale pests suck the sap from plants and spread diseases. Worse yet, they’re so miniscule that they can …
Read moreWhiteflies: How To Wipe Out These Tiny White Insects For Good
The long-lived, hungry wireworm can wreak havoc on the agricultural sector. With a diverse choice of common crops as their target, these click beetle larvae seek out and chew through …
Read moreWireworm Woes: Identify, Prevent, and Control These Pests
Terrible thrips! They invade the garden, sucking the juices out of leaves and stems and the life from your plants. They cause scarring on fruit and vegetables and spread plant …
The Mexican bean beetle looks an awful lot like a ladybug of a different color, and we all love ladybugs, or as some call them, ladybirds. But under that cute …
Read moreMexican Bean Beetle: Get Rid Of Epilachna Varivestis
The last thing you want to see in your yard is a cucumber beetle. No, really, I’m not kidding. If you are starting to see these little beetles scattered around …
Read moreCucumber Beetle Battle: How To Rid Your Garden Of These Pests
Lurking in your garden, there’s a pest which is feasting upon the leaf sap in your plants: the leafhopper. This relative of the cicada insect is nowhere near as noisy …
Read moreLeafhopper Pests: How To Kill Off Lurking Cicadellidae
A flea beetle is not a flea. Let’s get that out of the way right at the beginning! In fact, fleas and flea beetles have almost nothing in common, although …
If you’ve ever watched a row of plants get demolished by army worms, you’ll know in part how they get their name. These ravenous little caterpillars will devour an entire …