Public Interest Lobster mobsters, jumping plant lice, and more invasive species talks coming Published: Dec. 31, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

In addition to brightening up your yard, hummingbirds are useful for pest control. There's one common insect in particular ...

This is especially true when dealing with aphids, sometimes called plant lice. These tiny insects are just 1/8 of an inch long and feed on sap they extract from leaves, stems, and roots.

Psyllids are minute insects that are related to aphids, whitefly, and scale. They are also sometimes called jumping plant lice, because, as you know if you have an infestation, they can really jump.

Psyllids are minute insects that are related to aphids, whitefly, and scale. They are also sometimes called jumping plant lice, because, as you know if you have an infestation, they can really jump.

The tiny pests, commonly known as ‘plant lice’ effect most food crops, fruit trees, roses and other flowering plants. “They suck on the plant using their straw-like mouthparts,” said Jason ...

Many plant lice species feed only on one type (or even species) of plant; the diet of the newly described plant lice species consists (based on current data), for example, solely of a type of ...

First, your “plant lice” were almost certainly aphids — sap-sucking insects that cluster in large numbers on plants; especially roses and peppers. Next season, just spray them off the plants ...

Question: I am starting to see different kinds of insects on my plants. What is the best way to control these different types ...

Like other invasive species, Brazilian pepper hogs the nearby ecology at the expense of plants and animals that belong. Few knew of its toxic effects when they planted the tree as decoration more ...

This year "plant lice" can infest your garden as quickly as head lice travel through a classroom. It's the insects' tiny, almost microscopic size combined with enormous populations that make them ...

Several periods of field work during 2008 have led to the discovery of a new species of bamboo-feeding plant lice in Costa Rica's high-altitude region Cerro de la Muerte. The discovery was made ...