Ants farm aphids. It's weird yet fascinating. And a bit like a miniature horror movie. But it's a nightmare for gardeners.

You love caring for your plant babies in your garden and harvesting fresh fruits, veggies, herbs and flowers all summer. Although you diligently maintain your plants’ health, sometimes they can ...

Along with the fall hatch of baby spiders and their runners carrying them on the wind, the black aphids are out. This is just a note to make certain all plants we’ve had outdoors this summer get a ...

I should have realized that this would be the “year of the aphid” back in March when I found my pepper starts were being attacked by the little pests. By mid-June I was found that many people are ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I have some Japanese yew shrubs that are a couple of years old that I planted ...

As I checked the foliage in our cherry trees several days ago, I found two clumps of new growth covered with what looked like splashed mud. As this foliage was 6 feet off the ground, this clearly wasn ...

Aphids, as globally pervasive agricultural pests, have evolved intricate relationships with microbial symbionts that critically influence their interactions with host plants. These symbioses—often ...

AMES, Iowa — At a chalkboard in his office, Rana Parshad draws a vertical y-axis for aphids and a horizontal x-axis for time. Under an exponential growth model, the associate professor of mathematics ...

Q: There are small black bugs covering the stems of my zucchini plants. I seem to get a lot of zucchini, but these bugs are disgusting. I also see some ladybugs and some longer spotted insects that ...