Posts Tagged ‘Beneficial insects’

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  Six reasons to NOT clean up the garden this fall

  by Jessica Walliser

  Twenty-some years ago, fresh out of college with a horticulture degree in-hand, I started teaching adult education classes at a...

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  Help fireflies by doing these things in your backyard

  by Jessica Walliser

  Most folks can probably identify an adult firefly, but can you identify a larval one? I found this little guy (or girl?) this...

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  Paper wasps: Are they worth the sting?

  by Jessica Walliser

  If you’ve ever had the misfortune of accidentally encountering a gray, papery nest full of bald-faced hornets or running...

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  Wheel bugs

  by Jessica Walliser

  I’ve been writing about gardening in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for about seven years, and last week my inbox was...

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  Snapped: Baby ladybugs

  by Jessica Walliser

  In a previous post about the incredible diversity of North America’s ladybug species, I shared a few images of the adult...

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  Lost ladybugs

  by Jessica Walliser

  Over 30 years ago, three native ladybug species, the 9-spotted, the 2-spotted, and the transverse ladybug, were very common...