Tag: Pest identification

While often viewed with disgust, sterile maggots have been used in medicine for centuries to clean wounds and prevent infection. Maggots' dual nature raises the question of their classification.

Over 70% of home gardeners will encounter pests that damage their tomato plants, often finding the destruction overnight. Discovering bites taken out of your prize harvest can be frustrating, and pinpointing what is eating green tomatoes at night requires some detective work.