A strong spray of water from your hose can safely knock aphids off pepper plants, but it may take a few rounds to fully clear them. Helpful insects like ladybugs and lacewings naturally control aphids ...

Aphids are small, soft-bodied, slow moving insects with piercing mouthparts that suck the sap out of plants. There are about 5000 different species. They are only about ¼ inch in size and can be any ...

Aphids can be green, brown, yellow, with or without wings, and are identified by small structures called cornicles on their rear end. Aphids suck fluids from stems and leaves while leaves are still ...

Aphids are very common in most home gardens and they can be one of the peskiest pests that you can find in your vegetable garden. Aphids have tiny (adults are under a quarter inch), soft pear-shaped ...

Say aphids and most Midwestern growers are programmed to think soybeans. Truth is, there are more than 4000 different aphid species. Now some of them appear to be headed to the cornfield. Iowa State ...

Spring planting brings a surprise twist for home growers, with a simple flower turning the tide in garden pest battles.

Sometimes a quick check on Twitter can tell you whether an insect pest is showing up in farmers’ fields, ready to inflict damage on crops. In the last few days, that’s been true regarding mentions of ...

There has been a recent uptick in the amount of calls and reports we have been getting on the increasing presence of sugarcane aphids in the western grain sorghum production regions of Oklahoma, ...

The winged from of bird cherry-oat aphids has been observed in winter wheat in Twin Falls County, Idaho; the wheat was planted in late-September. The observed aphid numbers were relatively low ...

Ants and aphids sometimes must be dealt with at the same time. Some species of ants eat the sugary honeydew aphids produce and ants will sometimes “farm” aphids and defend them from predators. It is ...