Porch light catches the pale trumpets and makes them glow, so the garden gains a focal point when daytime color disappears.

NAPLES — The poachers weren’t intimidated by heat, lightning, mosquitos, venomous snakes, alligators or losing their way in the South Florida swamps. They were there to steal the ghost orchid, a plant ...

Native to tropical regions of Australia and Southeast Asia, false tiger moths thrive in warm climates and are often active during the day. ©Young Swee Ming/Shutterstock.com These large, brilliantly ...

(KOAM) - The next creature in Spooky 4-States Critter Month might make you do a double-take. With its eerie coloring and ghostly wing pattern, the Virginia creeper sphinx moth looks like something ...

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have ...

When the sun dips behind the foothills and the day’s heat finally relents, a different kind of garden magic begins. The buzzing of bees fades and butterflies settle in for the night, and an unseen ...

A video of a moth with the coloring of a U.S. dollar has captured the attention of many gardeners online. The user identified the insect as the Pandora Sphinx moth. Butterflies and Moths of North ...

The video showed a sphinx moth feeding on a milkweed flower. Milkweed is a beneficial wildflower native to North America and also attracts monarch butterflies and bumble bees. Sphinx moths are a large ...

I’ve discovered there’s a real love-hate relationship when it comes to sphinx moths, or sometimes more affectionately referred to as hummingbird moths. It seems to me that most people either love them ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to school. It has been a hot and wet July, but hopefully things will dry up some ...