Insects that eat flowers are troublesome pests and an ever-present source of exasperation in the home garden. This is ...

Q: Many insects are visiting my pollinator garden that look like yellow-orange versions of a firefly. Some of the petals are missing on those flowers. How do I keep them from chewing my plants? A: ...

Some of the fiercest beasts of prey in your garden are on your side. They’re predatory insects that protect your plants by controlling the populations of more harmful bugs. “The overwhelming majority ...

The Cape sundew is a carnivorous plant found in South Africa. The plant's leaves are covered in tiny red tentacles called glandular trichomes. The tentacles produce drops of sticky mucilage, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flowering Saxifraga candelabrum plant captures insects with its sticky glandular hairs. - Xin-Jian Zhang Sticky "hairs" on two ...

The cowpea is a legume and one of the oldest known crops farmed by people. Today, people largely cultivate the plant for its black-eyed peas (also called southern peas), though its leaves and other ...

Different cover crops may affect how plants defend themselves against pests—including by attracting more insects that eat ...

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they pollinate plants in urban areas? A study by the Federal Research Institute for ...