Aphids are a common sap-feeding insect pest found in the garden. Large clusters of aphids can raise understandable concern from gardeners. Aphids are also a favorite food of many predatory insects.

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, aphids are "small, soft-bodied insects that feed by sucking the nutrient-rich liquids out of plants. In large numbers, they can weaken plants significantly, ...

You can find Part 1 of this series here. We ended the last blog post with the discovery of a clump of ladybug eggs on a stem of aphid-infested goldenrod. A ladybug laid her eggs on an aphid-infested ...