If you see a dainty white butterfly with black markings fluttering around in your yard this spring and summer, you might want to head over to your garden and check on your cabbage. Wait, my cabbage?

Gardening season isn’t over yet, and you may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...

You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help you make good decisions about whether to try to control or simply tolerate ...

After the hairy, white caterpillars hatch out of the eggs, the siblings are gregarious and stay together. They enclose the foliage they are feeding on in a silken web. As the caterpillars grow, they ...

Recently I’ve been seeing some white caterpillars in my backyard. They’re really fuzzy with longer white hackles and tiny black spots. Having heard that they’re poisonous, I step on them to make sure ...