Pests

Spotted Lanternfly Life Cycle

Just saw a lanternfly near my herb garden.  I am not happy at all!  Once you see one, you know more are coming.  While the adult lanternflies will die over the winter, they will lay their eggs between September and December which will start hatching the following May.  When they lay their eggs, they don’t […]

Insects

Crowned Orbweaver Spider

The Crowned Orbweaver Spider has some nicknames such as garden spider, pumpkin spider, orangie and cross spider..  Of course, I wouldn’t have been able to identify the spider with my app called Picture Insect. Features:   This type of spider has the colors of brown, black and white.  The smaller and younger ones are darker as […]

Pests

Land Snail

When we were taking apart the garden to do the garden makeover, my son found this little Land Snail under a piece of wood. Features:  They have shells and one or two pair of tentacles.  The ones I have seen only have one pair! Land snails use muscus to crawl over rough surfaces and to […]