Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

Bugs are everywhere pollinating our favorite flowers, fruits and vegetables, and serving lunch for the birds. They provide an important service for the food supply for people, animals, insects and ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

Last year my milkweeds attracted monarch butterflies and many caterpillars. This year, the plants are covered with black and orange insects. Should I try to get rid of them? Will my plants be okay ...

Today's Bug of the Week were once thought to be a problem for another insect that is facing an uncertain future. But it turns ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Monarch butterflies go to butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) for nectar from its flowers and to lay their eggs on its leaves ...

Along with ripe strawberries, blueberries and juneberries, plants of July differ from those of a month earlier. The roadside floral display of July is quite different. The white daisy, orange and ...

Some kids swap baseball or gaming cards. Frankfort resident Kay MacNeil dealt in a different commodity. “I’m an old lady,” she said. “But when I was little, kids always picked up caterpillars and we ...