Learn how to prepare and apply a simple insecticide using potassium soap to help control aphids, mealybugs, and whiteflies on ...

Learn how to spot these sap-suckers and decide when your tree needs treatment. Image credit: Mahmoud Yahyaoui / Pexels ...

You may also prefer to use a DIY all-purpose cleaner to reduce the proliferation of plastic waste that comes from bringing home bottle after bottle of store-bought cleaner. And, at the end of the day, ...

"They're most likely whiteflies, which usually gather on the undersides of leaves. If you brush past a plant and a little cloud of white insects lifts into the air, then that definitely confirms it," ...

Just because you make a DIY spray in your own kitchen doesn't mean it's safe for the beneficial critters in your garden, says an expert gardener.

Millions of lettuces are set to be wasted as farmers are grappling with a record outbreak of aphids that has devastated the end of their growing season. Growers are facing losses of £10m, as 30 ...

Crisphead, romaine, and iceberg crops at risk from ‘worst infestation in 25 years’ Patrick Galbraith is The Telegraph's Environment Correspondent. He is the author of books Uncommon Ground and In ...

Britain’s lettuce harvest is set to be wiped out by what farmers fear is the worst outbreak of aphids in a generation. The insects, which damage crops by eating vital nutrients, could decimate 30pc of ...

Have you encountered any tiny insect swarms lately? There’s a good chance those little critters are aphids. As one expert explains, they’re entering the final phase of their life cycle when they start ...

When an insecticide application fails to control bluegreen aphid, application conditions may not be the only cause. Research has identified resistant populations across southern Australia, confirming ...

Adequate spray volume and pressure are very important to effectively hitting the nooks and crannies where aphids can dwell. Just a few surviving aphids can jumpstart a population again. Corn growers ...