Bob Erlich, an Evergreen Park resident, has devoted his retirement years to promoting and caring for butterflies — and ...

Once beloved by Jackie O and C.Z. Guest, the lettuce leaves are back — and Gen Z’s garden-core is eating them up ...

The cabbage moth caterpillar is a common pest in Ireland, and is responsible for severe crop damage - but there is one simple ...

Gardeners have been urged to do one thing in their garden to get caterpillars to leave their plants alone. The cabbage moth ...

Aphids, which are probably the most common insect in gardens, are small, usually light green — though there are black, gray ...

The fading of butterflies starts with a quiet absence. It begins with hardly any caterpillars wriggling from plants and even ...

Caterpillars can be a constant source of frustration for gardeners - but an expert has revealed how you can spot the critters before they destroy all your plants this summer ...

First lady Michelle Obama might want to keep an eye out for the cabbage white butterfly in her kitchen garden, she said. They feed on cabbages, broccoli and kale. Contact reporter Tom Beal at ...

Nine of the 54 butterfly species studied ... including the common blue and cabbage white, have declined by over 35 percent in the past decade. Due to their high numbers, these common species play an ...

The Cabbage White butterfly is an invasive species that first appeared in North America in the mid-19th century. Dellinger said one factor that’s causing the decline in populations is habitat loss.

Why even bother to start your winter vege now when the voracious white cabbage butterflies are certain to decimate your young crop? Well for one thing, you’ll be taking advantage of the longer ...

Even the invasive white cabbage butterfly, “a species that is well adapted to invade the world,” according to Haddad, fell by 50%. Cornell University butterfly expert Anurag Agrawal said he ...