When the soil begins to warm in spring it signals many garden creatures to prepare for that warm season ahead.  One group of such creatures is ...

Thrips   -   (Frankliniella occidentalis) If you have had a rose or orchid that has come into bud and suddenly the bud does not open or falls o...

  Fungus Gnats – Photo Courtesy of Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org On my top 10 list of the most irritating things in th...

Box Elder Bugs - Boisea trivittata (A.K.A Manitoba Maple Bugs) Box Elder Bugs are primarily a nuisance insect that congregate in a mass on the su...

Scale can be light brown, dark brown or white. In a warm, dry environment they will multiply quite rapidly. Scale is a tiny sap sucking insect pe...

Aphids are soft-bodied, pear shaped, sap sucking insects that are very tiny I have a love hate relationship with aphids.  While I realize they ca...

The Red Lily Beetle loves to feed on lilies and fritillaria. They will not attack daylilies. If you grow lilies in your garden take a good look at...

The Colorado Potato Beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is a wylie pesticide resistant bug that emerges from the ground during late May to early J...

Why, you may ask, is this bug in the picture above getting a bad reputation in the gardening world? By now, everyone knows that ladybugs are the ...