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The spotted lanternfly typically hatches in April or May, right about now. The egg masses were laid in the fall, live through ...

Insects play an outsize role in supporting life on Earth, they pollinate plants, break down dead matter nourishing the soil, ...

The main pests in the spring garden are aphids, hoplia beetles ... and skeletonized leaves, but the caterpillars themselves can be hard to find. Black droppings (frass) deposited on foliage ...

Every fall for years, Deborah McCullough and her husband fished salmon from Western Michigan’s Betsie River. “It’s a little river, and it was shaded, and you knew there was going to be big salmon in ...

Insects are the bluebird’s preferred cuisine for much of the year. Beetles, caterpillars ... Blue jays (recognizable by their blue, black, and white feathers. Unlike most blue birds, which ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much ...

Want to try butterfly gardening? Plant butterfly host plants to give caterpillars food and a place to grow through their lifecycle.

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting It’s a sad thing. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter What’s that? All I’ve saved for a rainy day is the umbrella I lost. Driving by ...

Why they are good for the garden: “Hornets definitely have their uses in an organic garden both for pollinating plants and hunting down ‘pests’ such as caterpillars ... think of the black and yellow ...

CLERMONT COUNTY, OH (March 19, 2025 ... and other wood materials from regulated zones remains restricted. The Asian Longhorned Beetle is identifiable by its shiny black body with white spots, long ...