This undated photo shows an adult ladybug taken on a property near New Market, Va. You can buy ladybugs to clear plants of aphids but the colorful predators have a habit of disappearing soon after ...

Aphids are a familiar sight in the garden, sucking the juices out of your rose bushes. Luckily, so are ladybugs, which prey on aphids and keep them in check. Aphids are a familiar sight in the garden, ...

Commercial farmers and home gardeners alike know the deep annoyance and damage that aphids can cause. One highly effective, environmentally safe and adorable method for fighting aphids is to release ...

Ladybugs may be the cutest insects around, but they don’t start off that way. Also called lady beetles or ladybirds, they pop out of their eggs as prickly mini-monsters with an insatiable hunger for ...

Ladybugs are some of the world’s most beloved insects. They are welcome garden visitors, especially when less well-behaved insects cause trouble. One ladybug eats 5,000 aphids in its one-year life.

Researchers at St. Francis Xavier University are studying the impact of warmer winters on Nova Scotia's lady beetle population, with an eye to the potential cascading effects on local trees, plant ...

To some casual observers, ladybugs (or lady beetles) are colorful symbols of good luck — harbingers of fortune and fame. Gardeners value them for their utility as ravenous insects that prey upon plant ...