Generally either black or pale yellow in color ... They're also likely to simply fly away if you approach them. To positively identify if you're actually working with thrips and not aphids, shake the ...

First, check for clusters of small, pear-shaped bugs in shades of green, black, or brown ... they'll just fly off in search of shade. Here's something else to remember: Both lacewing larvae and ...

The winter forecast is approaching, but the current warm conditions on P.E.I. mean pests are still present. Clay Cutting, an ...

Aphid Treasure Trace is a new event in Genshin Impact 5.1. In it, players need to find and attack special Phlogiston Aphids that have been corrupted by Abyssal power. Different strategies and ...

In the fall, I take in numerous houseplants that I grew on the deck or in containers in the garden. Plumeria, hibiscus, ...

Spring's here, and so are the critters.

In July winged forms fly off to infest other plants ... wasp is at work in your garden if the wool has been reduced, leaving a shiny, blue-black, naked aphid with a circular hole in its back through ...

The warm conditions have increased the barley yellow dwarf virus threat from aphids. Farmers are being ... has better activity on knotgrass, black bindweed and fumitory. For those with a ...

But thrips are often overlooked because they are so small and the damage they cause looks similar to that of spider mites and aphids ... Also known as thunder flies, thrips are tiny, sap-sucking ...

Rose growers will be familiar with the blight of rose aphids – small sap-sucking insects that love to feed on new growth in roses, quickly appearing out of nowhere and breeding until they seem ...

Clouds of tiny white insects fly up when a plant is disturbed and, as with aphids, plants are often marked by sticky honeydew and black sooty mould. The immature whitefly scales don’t move and are ...

We study mechanisms of insect/spider/tick/animal communication and resource-foraging. We elucidate semiochemical, sonic, visual, infrared and bacterial communication ...