Covering a small patch of potatoes with insect mesh has highlighted the potential damage leafhopper species might be doing to ...

I got an email from a reader. My reader was pleading, ‘HELP!’ Squash bug or Anasa tritis had invaded her garden. She had planted pumpkins, acorn, spaghetti, and butternut squash. There was no hint of ...

Residents in Centre County are experiencing something that only occurs every 17 years. Residents can see Periodical cicadas, ...

We are well into spring, and northern Arizona gardeners are bustling about preparing vegetable gardens, embedding ornamentals ...

"There is a lot of anticipation about the periodical cicadas in Massachusetts," said Simisky. Dubbed "Brood XIV, " or "Brood ...

While water bugs and cockroaches are technically different insects, the terms often are used interchangeably, especially in ...

When troubleshooting vegetable production problems in your home garden there are three categories into which a given issue ...

I love this time of year, especially in the vegetable garden, since there is so much planting to be done! Late May is the ...

The first ones arrived from Africa. True bugs, known to their fans as the Hemiptera order, have mouthparts that pierce and suck. Beetles — Coleoptera — are typically cylindrical and have ...

Severe droughts in recent decades may further reduce their numbers in 2025. Cicadas are often confused with locusts, but they are part of the hemiptera order, which includes aphids, stink bugs, and ...

Part of the order Hemiptera, these unique and sometimes misunderstood insects are part of a large group known as “true bugs.” While you may refer to things crawling around your house as a bug ...

Here's more about cicadas vs. locusts. According to AZ Animals, "Cicadas are a type of Hemiptera or 'True Bug.' Some think they are related to crickets, but really they are not. Though they are ...