There are remedies that can rid veggies of common insects if applied at the first signs of activity, Don Kinzler writes.

Check your plants regularly for aphids, at least twice a week, when plants are growing rapidly. Most of damage occurs in late spring when temperatures are warm but not hot (65° to 80°F).

There are good bugs, along with birds and reptiles that eat the bad bugs that eat your gardens ... skin and larvae feed on the host, killing it. Parasitic wasps also kill flies, sawflies, beetles, ...

Depending upon which vegetables you are growing, here is a list of the 10 most common harmful insects you may encounter in your vegetable garden and non-chemical control options for each pest: ...

Ladybugs and ground beetles eat grubs and other pests, and thrive when your garden stays organic and pesticide-free.

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

The black garden queen ant (Lasius niger) ensures colony survival by laying thousands of eggs after a single mating. Her diet, including honeydew, insects, and sometimes her own infected larvae ...

Ant larvae infected with a pathogenic fungus had better watch out for Mum. ... These black garden ants are eating sugar, but queens of the species consume another foodstuff: ...