TOMATO PESTS: Caterpillars will feed on the foliage and flowers of ornamentals and the foliage and fruit of vegetables. Also, the tomato fruit worm eats holes in tomatoes. Spinosad and BT (both are ...

Q: What kinds of caterpillars should I be controlling now? I know they will start becoming a problem soon. A: The principal insect that infests many vegetables in the tomato family, as well as grapes, ...

Pests love tomatoes just as much as humans do. Identifying tomato pests can be tricky, as some pests are so small that you’ll never see them, only the signs that they've eaten your tomatoes. This list ...

If you planted your tomatoes at the best time, March to mid-April, you should be harvesting delicious, vine-ripened tomatoes by now. If you didn’t plant tomatoes for yourself, farmers markets are well ...

As we wait for the fruits of our garden labors, it can be frustrating finding that fruit infested by an insect. Unfortunately, once a fruit is invaded by an insect, there is not much we can do to ...

As we wait for the fruits of our garden labors, it can be frustrating finding that fruit infested by an insect. Unfortunately, once a fruit is invaded by an insect, there is not much we can do to ...

What looks like a caterpillar chewing on a leaf or a beetle consuming fruit is likely a three-way battle that benefits most, if not all of the players involved, according to a Penn State entomologist.

I received the following email from Doug Brooks, who gardens in Claremont. “For years, I have used some type of yearly insect control product to help protect my fruit trees. The last few years I have ...