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Many wild and interesting bugs call Texas home. From our state insect (the monarch butterfly!) to Texas red-headed centipedes ...
A couple of recent, late June, incidents are reminders that gardeners need to be vigilant during the long, warm days of ...
"Stink bugs, in particular the brown marmorated stink bug, can be devastating to tree fruit,” says Blaauw. These pests feed ...
“The best place for ticks is your armpits and groin because they are warm, moist, and a good source of blood,” says pest control expert Jordan Foster. These spots also have thinner skin and are dark ...
A few of Indiana's tiniest transplants — invasive worms, moths and beetles from overseas — have made massive changes to Indiana's ecosystems over the past several decades.
While American beekeepers search for solutions, another, potentially worse threat looms: Tropilaelaps mites, which also hail ...
The Chambersburg area is a prime zone for tick activity. Keystone Health shares how to prevent their bites and diseases.
But instead of a quick prick, they are slow feeders – with hooked mouth parts ... close to the skin as possible to pull from the head. If you don’t have them handy, you can also use your fingernails, ...
The CDC says this is one of the worst tick seasons in recent years, with more than 229 out of every 100,000 ER visits ...
Tiny and hard to spot, they can cause serious medical problems, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, ...
An international research team led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has i dentified the gene responsible for a ...