When a cactus moth lays its eggs on an Opuntia cactus, it creates one of nature’s most effective camouflages. The eggs emerge as what is called an “egg stick”, because they look like the cactus spine.

The Opuntia cactus in Kenya has become a thorn in the side for many residents as it slowly chokes their livelihoods. With thick leafless and fleshy stems, the Opuntia cactus, which is covered in ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Prickly pears (aka opuntias) have the widest ...

The most well-known prickly pear cacti are the almost spineless hybrids, developed and grown by the renowned local plant breeder Luther Burbank. Lone Pine Gardens in Sebastopol. They have a new cactus ...

Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two ...

This study compared several biological parameters of native cactus moth, Melitara prodenialis, reared on an artificial versus the natural diet of Opuntia spp. cladodes. Results suggest that the ...

: I enjoy reading your column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and now I have a question about my cacti. They have been wilted or thin for about 8 months. I bought them in October 2006 and planted them ...

The Cactus Family includes an extraordinary variety of plants, from tiny pincushions to stately saguaros, and these are found throughout the Americas, from southern Argentina north to central Canada.