A few days ago in the garden, I spotted a small but very attractive insect. It was slim, around three quarters of an inch long and had a striking orange and black pattern that was hard to miss. I have ...

There are two common insects, namely alfalfa webworm and weevil, to look for in your alfalfa fields. We have been hearing a lot about abundance of alfalfa webworm moth in Colorado this year. Webworms ...

QUESTION: Like many houses in our area, we have spent the past month dealing with what we believe are sod webworms. We easily have thousands of the little moths fluttering around in our grass, bushes ...

Those webs in the trees are mostly not a return of the gypsy moth, a plague of decades last century that defoliated many trees in the region. You might say the webs are harbingers of fall. They are ...

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) – Residents in Louisiana may see webbing on some of their plants this time of year. Those “webs are made by caterpillars of the fall webworm moth,” according to the LSU ...

Numerous small, tan or gray moths fluttering around lawns and beds in mid- to late summer are the adult moths of a lawn-eating caterpillar called the tropical sod webworm (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis) ...

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about a peony getting different colored petals after 20 years, moth damage to lawns and how to prevent green potatoes. Reader Marlene S. asks ...

They’ve weathered a drought and battled through last week’s cyclone…now nature is throwing pestilence at Far North farmers in the form of a pasture-devouring caterpillar. Recent near-tropical ...

Every day on my way to work, I drive down Ward Road and pass rows of plum trees. Recently, I’ve noticed some of the trees have these white nests wrapped around the branches. What are those and what ...

Concerns are growing about the growing presence of fall webworms, which are not harmful to humans but can damage trees, spotted more frequently across the country this month. Several social media ...

Q. As I was mowing, lots of moths came flying out of the lawn. They are near a wall and flowering bush too. What is the best way to get rid of sod webworm moths? A. Butterfly nets and flyswatters are ...