🐝 Critters

Earthworms may not look busy—but they quietly engineer the soil, one tunnel and casting at a time.

An aphid problem, a bag of ladybugs, and a new perspective on spreading your wings.

Ladybugs are helpful in the garden—but they have a mind of their own. Here are ideas to attract them and how to spot look-alikes.

Aphids may be small, but between sticky honeydew, ant alliances, and rapid reproduction, they can take over a garden faster than you expect.

Leaf-footed bugs are easy easy to identify—and hard to forget.

The squash bug is a model of unyielding persistence, laying glossy eggs in perfect grids that wear down healthy plants.