How to Use Codling Moth Traps with Fruit Trees
Codling moth larva is one of the most destructive pests introduced from Europe by settlers. The female moths lay pinhead sized, disc-shaped transparent white eggs singly on developing fruit, stems or leaves just after sundown each night. After hatching the larva enters the calyx or side of the fruit, where they then burrow to the center and feed while they develop. The larva is pinkish white with a brown or black head and can reach about...

Hobo Spiders are brown and measure roughly 12 to 18 mm in length.  Their legs show no distinct rings and have short hairs.  Their abdomens have several chevron shaped markings.  Males are distinctively different from females in that they have two large palps that look like boxing gloves.  These palps are often mistaken for fangs or venom sacs, but they are in fact the male genitalia.  The females also have these palps, but the ends are not 'swollen' as they are on the males.  Females tend to have a larger abdomen when compared to males...

Diatomaceous earth has long been used as an organic control for insects in vegetable gardens. This fine white powdery dust will control many of the insects that crawl on our plants. It is also used to filter water in swimming pools, city water systems and in aquariums. Worked in to the soil diatomaceous earth will also help in moisture retention. Diatomaceous earth is the remains of ancient critters that live in seas centuries ago called Diatoms... 

How to Control Cabbage Worms in the Garden
If you’re growing Cole crops such as cabbage, broccoli, kale or Brussel sprouts, your garden is probably a habitat for the cabbage butterfly and it’s offspring, the infamous cabbage worm. To Eradicate cabbage worms in your garden you must understand them. Cabbage worms are the larval...

Organic Ways to Kill Aphids on Roses By Ami Halcomb
Aphids also known as “plant lice” are one of the most common plant pest insects. They are pear shaped, soft bodied insects often only 1/8-inch length with long legs and antennae. They have long, thin mouth parts that resemble beaks, which they spear into plants and suck the juices ( sap) from the plant tissue. This distorts leaves and the tips of shoots and flowers. Aphids feeding on the undersides of leaves...

Earwigs in the Garden
Earwig is the common name given to the insect order Dermaptera characterized by membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings (hence the literal name of the order—"skin wings"). The abdomen extends well beyond the wings, and frequently, though not always, ends in a pair of forceps-like structures termed cerci. With about 1,800 recorded species in 10 families, the order is relatively small among Insecta...

Organic Ways to Deal with Squash Bugs Written by Kim Legg

Squash bugs are found all over the United States, and usually feed on cucurbits, including squash (their favorite is yellow straight neck or crookneck), pumpkins and melons. The adult squash bug is about 5/8 inch long and 1/3 inch wide. It is normally black or grey, with orange and brown stripes along its underside. They lay their eggs on...