This story follows an attempt to make bug repellent from scratch by extracting oils from garden plants and turning them into ...

These classic bracelets have bug repellent built-in that keep pests and flies away when you're working in your backyard or out hiking in the woods. Cliganic bracelets from Amazon have essential oils ...

Even if you're a caring and attentive plant parent, sometimes, through no fault of your own, your indoor oasis will become infested with bugs and mites. The tiny insects can become mightily annoying, ...

Q: I had a lot of mealybugs on my houseplants last spring, so I put them outside, hoping predators would take care of them, or at least I wouldn’t have to deal with them for a while. Now it is getting ...

Spider mites are a common pest that can easily get out of control on house plants because of our dry winter air. A thorough weekly check of our indoor plants can prevent heavy infestations like this.

Brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) may have a funny name, but no one who has to deal with them is laughing.

Many insects plague the vegetable gardener, but few are as lethal as the squash bug and the cucumber beetle. Plants may die from the squash bugs' continual feeding or from the bacterial wilt that ...