Insects that eat flowers are troublesome pests and an ever-present source of exasperation in the home garden. This is ...

Q: Many insects are visiting my pollinator garden that look like yellow-orange versions of a firefly. Some of the petals are missing on those flowers. How do I keep them from chewing my plants? A: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flowering Saxifraga candelabrum plant captures insects with its sticky glandular hairs. - Xin-Jian Zhang Sticky "hairs" on two ...

Some of the fiercest beasts of prey in your garden are on your side. They’re predatory insects that protect your plants by controlling the populations of more harmful bugs. “The overwhelming majority ...

A flowering mountain plant from southwestern China has been confirmed as carnivorous, settling a scientific question first raised by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago. Researchers found that ...

The Cape sundew is a carnivorous plant found in South Africa. The plant's leaves are covered in tiny red tentacles called glandular trichomes. The tentacles produce drops of sticky mucilage, a ...

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they pollinate plants in urban areas? A study by the Federal Research Institute for ...