The most effective pest control measures for fruit, shade or ornamental trees during 2019 will be applied this December and January. Many gardeners consider the application of oils as an organic ...

Most gardeners reach for the spray bottle the moment they spot a pest. But that reflex may be doing more harm than good, ...

Common tree pests fall into three main categories: defoliators such as tent caterpillars that eat leaves, borers like emerald ash borer that attack the wood of the tree, and sap suckers like scale ...

A new open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers maple tree owners information about the biology, damage, and management for the most important pests of maples with an ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive aphid-like insect, is destroying Pennsylvania’s state tree and its forest. It is a headache to many homeowners and conservationists, but there are ways to ...

If you enjoy fresh, homegrown citrus fruit from your yard, pay attention: A devastating pest and the disease it carries are threatening Santa Clara County on multiple fronts. A pest called the Asian ...

If you don't mind cicadas, you might not notice when billions of them come crawling up from the ground this spring and summer in Illinois as part of a rare event that hasn't occurred for over 200 ...

As temperatures begin warming across southcentral Kentucky, pest control experts say homeowners may start noticing an increase in insects inside their homes. Professionals say several common pests ...

Most O'Fallon homeowners start with good intentions. A bag of fertilizer here, a bottle of weed killer there, maybe some pest spray from the hardware store. But after a season ...