Ladybugs are incredible allies in the garden, acting as natural pest control and helping reduce the need for harmful ...

It's a win-win for gardeners and the environment. Expert gardener explains how creating 'ladybug safe haven' will keep pests ...

To boost your garden’s ladybug population to control pests naturally, an expert warns against a common mistake.

Ladybugs are some of the world’s most beloved insects. They are welcome garden visitors, especially when less well-behaved insects cause trouble. One ladybug eats 5,000 aphids in its one-year ...

One ladybug can kill 5,000 aphids, so should you ship them in? Here’s what study says ... This bright coloration is used as a defense, discouraging other predators from eating it.

With their rich dark orangish-red protective wing-shells speckled with little black spots, ladybugs are prized insects that casually cruise up and down a plant at a bug's pace in search of their ...

Ladybugs aren't just cute little insects. They play a large role in our ecosystem. Here's what they eat and why you might want them in your yard.

Aphids are a familiar sight in the garden, sucking the juices out of your rose bushes. Luckily, so are ladybugs, which prey on aphids and keep them in check.

Q: I bought some ladybugs to eat the aphids on my roses. Almost all of them flew away after I released them in my garden. Is there anything I can do to keep them in my yard?A: Adult ladybugs and th… ...

Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.orgA syrphid fly larva feeds on aphids. In these parts, June means roses. Unfortunately, it also means aphids -- those ...

Like red ladybugs, they eat aphids, scale insects and other garden pests, which makes them a helpful presence in the garden. In fact, the Asian lady beetle, an invasive species, ...

Ladybugs, joined by another insect, eat speck-like aphids infesting an alfalfa plant on a farm in Syracuse, Utah. (Thomas B. Szalay / For The Times) By John M. Glionna ...