Carpet Beetles Love My Cow Parsnip
I have a few Cow Parsnip plants in the backyard and they reproduce prolifically. I usually cut them back a bit to prevent them from growing to their normal 6 ...
Spittlebugs Are Back
So it's only been FIVE years since I last posted something on Slugyard. It's been a nice long break, but seeing all of these gobs of spit on my plants ...
Leafhopper on Oceanspray
I found a Blue-green Leafhopper on my Oceanspray shrub. Leafhoppers eat leaves and excrete honeydew just like aphids- though I haven't seen any ants farming these colorful insects. Yes, that ...
Ant Farmers Return
One of my Peony plants is getting ready to bloom which brings out the ants! Ants like the taste of peony buds just before they bloom. Once the flower opens ...
Root Maggot Fly?
This fly was standing on a leaf in my garden today. It was smaller than a House Fly and I wasn't sure what it was. Any thoughts? My best ...
March Flies in March
These two strange bugs were crawling on a Salal branch yesterday in my yard. I've never seen anything like these before. A closer look didn't help me much. It sort ...
Plants and Bees with Fur
The Red-twig Dogwoods in my rain garden are beginning to grow leaves again. A small insect was sitting atop one of them yesterday. Two things catch my eye here. ...
Flower Flies Swarm
A swarm of these insects was in my backyard over the weekend. They must have "hatched" into adults someplace nearby. What is it? It is an Elongate Flower Fly like I ...