Insects that eat leaves create different kinds of damage. While you will not always see the bug that's doing the eating, you will almost certainly notice the destruction. Here's how to identify the ...
Caterpillars, slugs, chewing insects, wildlife, and fungi are the top culprits behind holes in outdoor plant leaves. Each leaves different clues like slime trails, ragged edges, or missing buds. You ...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on ...
Ah, the bounty of spring: all the tender new foliage on trees and shrubs, flowers galore and prolific growth in the vegetable garden. We gardeners revel in the abundance the season brings, and just ...
Plants are divided into broad categories in terms of their mode of nutrition. The first category consists of green plants which make their own food by the common process called photosynthesis. Such ...
The reasoning behind these rules makes sense once you know the unique natural history of carnivorous plants. Although the most well-known carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap, is native only to a ...