We rely on them to keep our plants and lawns green, trees healthy, and to protect hedges and other plantings from pests including the dreaded spiraling whitefly. But pesticides, herbicides and ...

The staff at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens tries not to overreact when a new pest appears. Insect infestations often run their course. Natural predators settle in. Plants bounce back. So when the ...

Whiteflies have become a major issue in South Florida with at least three to four different species. Of particular concern to Palm Beach residents are the ficus, rugose spiraling and silverleaf ...

The whitefly is back. Though it looks like the sort of adorable insect that would star in a Dreamworks film, the humble whitefly is actually a god-awful invasive species that will stop at nothing to ...

Everywhere I go folks are asking about the whitefly problem attacking the ficus hedges in Palm Springs. Whiteflies have long been a pest of greenhouse growers and they afflict agricultural crops in ...

The Rugose spiraling whitefly leaves a sticky white mess on everything from cars to homes and golf courses and trees. But a wasp the size of a pin head can control it, say scientists. A wasp the size ...

One of the world’s worst agricultural pests corrupts the alarm signals of plants, disarming those that otherwise might prepare for an assault. This might help explain why the silverleaf whitefly is so ...