The little red and black bugs are everywhere all of a sudden, and they want nothing more than to come inside your warm house to ride out the coming cold weather. Here's how to make sure they don't.
In Northern Illinois, squash bugs infect pumpkin patches from mid-summer on. These flat, dark insects pierce leaves, causing stunted vines and browning. Here's how you get rid of them.
From now until mid-October, Illinois' skies will be filled with monarch butterflies making their southern migration for the winter. If you're a butterfly lover, now is a great time to see them.
Illinois residents should be very familiar with these little red and black bugs that show up in mid-to-late summer every year and hang around until it starts to get cold...but how much do you know about them?