Gaia Garden

A big thank you and shout out to the folks at BugGuide.net for their help in identifying so many of the little beasties that I see in my ya...

In my recent post on aphids and their predators , I shared photos of two types of syrphid fly larvae that I am seeing.  A few days later I w...

My milkweeds are hopping these days.  Sadly, I've only seen one monarch caterpillar, but I am still fascinated by all the insect life t...

Many years ago I found aphids infesting a little milkweed plant I'd purchased but had yet to plant.  I didn't want to spray chemical...

My attempt to rescue 4 monarch caterpillars that were about to eat out their food source seemed to fail, despite my provisioning them with 6...