They’re slithery, slimy and they love to make a smorgasbord of your crops. The drab and inconspicuous slug continues to increase its rank of pests you should scout for and monitor in your corn and ...

Alias: Slug. It is hard to define what a slug is, because there are so many species in the world. Most people have come to call anything in the gastropod family that doesn’t have a shell a slug. I ...

Learn the difference between harmful and beneficial pests to help boost soil biology in conservation cropping systems.

Laura Jesse, of Iowa State University Extension's Plant & Insect Diagnostic Clinic, wrote the following about garden slugs: There seem to be plenty of slugs in my garden, but I hope not in yours.

Today is the first day of June and is considered to be the first day of summer for some. Spring gardening is always the most enjoyable time of the year to garden. Everything is fresh, new and easy to ...

Sometimes holes appear in plant leaves and it's not clear why. We rounded up five common causes for this problem and tips for preventing or fixing it.