Japanese beetle feeding on a plant - Jj Gouin/Getty Images Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) are detrimental to lawns and gardens. In their larval stage, these little brown insects feed on grass ...

Your most important summer job is making sure your plants (as well as you) stay well hydrated. New plants are especially at risk of croaking if the ground goes dry for long. Flowers in pots and ...

Not all beetles have such fanciful names as fireflies and ladybugs. But many of them have something more important in common: ...

I stand in the backyard holding a plastic bucket containing several inches of soapy water with airy foam on top. It’s a cool morning, the second week in July. I snatch a sluggish Japanese beetle off a ...