You’ll soon have even more helpful parasitic wasps! Tachinid Flies: This beneficial insect is similar to parasitic wasps as they lay their eggs in harmful pests, killing them. At last count ...

I took this photo at the edge of a wood lot on May 24. The mayapple plant is one of the earliest native woodland wildflowers to appear in springtime. It grows quickly to a height of from about a ...

Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) is a unique shrub of Indiana woodlands. It is more common in northern and central ...

Other insects, such as hoverflies, lacewings, tachinid flies, and parasitic wasps, also feed on milkweed nectar and lay eggs on milkweed plants. Once hatched, the larvae consume pests, including ...