Being able to spot the difference between the damage caused by moles and voles is key when trying to banish these pets from your lawn and garden.

Leather jackets are the larvae of the crane fly, which resembles an overgrown mosquito when mature. These larvae have a cylindrical shape with a head that retracts into the thorax. The hungry larvae ...

Creating a beautiful yard is a labor of love. It’s not just about planting flowers and setting up a few garden gnomes. The ...

There’s nothing worse than finding unsightly holes dug into your green, lush lawn. This is especially when you’ve spent all of your time and efforts in making your lawn look amazing for summer. And if ...

If spongy brown patches are appearing on your lawn, chances are its lawn grubs gnawing on the roots of your grass. Known for ...

Dragonflies are ideal hunting machines. More than 80 percent of their brain is used for processing visual information, and it is believed that some species can see objects up to 30 feet away and ...

At the UF/IFAS Duval County Extension Office, we get a lot of calls from homeowners with landscape pest problems. After the diagnosis is made the universal question is “what do we spray it with”? For ...