One morning this week while tying some unruly grapevines to their trellis wire, I came across an interesting insect that was hard to miss. It was a grapevine beetle just resting there on a grape leaf.

A couple of days ago, I was working on the grapevines tying up some wayward canes and removing unwanted growth when all of a sudden a huge brown beetle fell from the vines and clung to my bare arm ...

Grapevines are susceptible to a number of pests. You’ve got your grape root borer, your phylloxera, your glassy-winged sharpshooter, your grape leafhopper, your grape flea beetle, grapevine aphid and ...

Beetles are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet, so you shouldn’t be surprised to find many different kinds thriving in your garden. Here’s how to separate the good, the bad, and the ...

Grapeleaf skeletonizer and grape flea beetle were found in the orchard during the last couple of days. These two pests damage grape leaves but few other plants. The skeletonizer is a bluish-black moth ...

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Japanese beetles have emerged from the ground in Lancaster County and are wreaking havoc on local landscapes this summer. Shirley Wagner, master gardener coordinator for the Penn State Cooperative ...