Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny ...

Phytoplasmas are bacteria that can invade the vascular tissues of plants, causing many different crop diseases. While most studies of phytoplasmas begin by examining plants showing disease symptoms, a ...

Early March is usually the time of the deepest snow cover in the Northland. But, thanks to the mild conditions of the last couple of weeks, snow is hard to find anywhere at this time. Also, a normal ...

The relationship between host plant predictability and food niche width was tested using monocotyledonous plants (Juncales, Cyperales, Poales) and leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera). Plants with ...

Nature has no shortage of animal camouflage tricks. One newly recognized form of deception, used by plant-eating insects called leafhoppers, was thought to have a whole different purpose. Leafhoppers ...

Q: I have a lot of midges or gnats in the leaves of my grape trees. I don't know what to do to kill them. If I touch the leaves these insects will fly all over me. A: These are more likely leafhoppers ...

Question: When we walk across our St. Augustine lawn, white moths fly up from the grass. Are the moths damaging the lawn? Answer: Many gardeners are seeing moths or what appears to be moths in their ...

My friend Kristen asked me about some small, fast-moving bugs plaguing her vegetables and flowers. When she described them, I pulled up a photo of leafhoppers on my phone and showed her. “Yes, that’s ...