When I spotted a scale insect on a leaf of my Thai lime tree recently, I sighed. It’s only December; sometimes they show up ...

Insects can be beneficial to the garden but that doesn’t mean they are a welcome site crawling around the house. Having an exterminator on call for bigger issues such as a termite infestation can be ...

The warmer months aren’t nearly as enjoyable when you’re constantly being buzzed—or worse, bitten—by insects like flies or mosquitoes. Fortunately, the best bug zappers are effective at keeping ...

Unfortunately, pests are not a seasonal problem and they aren’t limited to ants and spiders. There are tons of little unwelcome creatures looking to find shelter inside your home, and it’s important ...

Female cockroaches release almost twice the amount of endotoxins as males.(Representative image/Pixabay) Cockroaches are often seen as annoying pests that hide in the kitchen at night, but new ...

Looking for ways to get rid of insects bugging you at home? Carnivorous plants could be an environmentally friendly way to help manage your insect problem. Most of these plants in nature live in ...

With some plants having been brought indoors for winter, and holiday plants now being purchased, the risk of insects hitchhiking into our home increases. If an insect is noticed on or near a plant, ...

Your Pet's Food Bowl Is a Bug Magnet Leaving pet bowls out in the open, indoors or out, can turn into an unintentional ...

The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization, using radiation, of a target pest, followed by the systematic ...