Garden Pests Archives

About Mosquitoes

1. Blood suckers or nectar suppers? In spite of what you’ve heard, mosquitoes don’t eat blood. They eat nectar from

1. What is it? What carries its poop around on its back? And why?! The lily leaf beetle (Liliocerus lillii)

Do the birds and the bees get a little drunk sometimes? They certainly seem to, at least some of them.

1. Who spit on my perennials? See those little dabs of foam on the stems of your favourite perennials? It

1. No such thing as one mouse. If you see one mouse in your house, you can be sure there

1. Skunk diet. Skunks have a varied diet that includes roots, seeds and berries; small mice, birds and eggs; and,

Who’s been spitting on my plants? Spittlebugs show a preference for nitrogen-fixing plants such as legumes and it is postulated

1. Things with wings. Pesky little bugs fly around the house and everyone believes they are fruit flies. You should

Fungus gnats on houseplant 1. Pesky little flies. If you have houseplants, chances are you have encountered the pesky little

1. The talk of the town. Prairie dogs, the big cousin to the Richardson’s ground squirrel or gopher, live very