Asian Lady Bugs Becoming Nuisance in Texas
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Swarms of Asian lady bugs, introduced in this country to control pests, have themselves become a nuisance on golf courses and in homes and gardens around Texas.
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Sightings of the light brown apple moth &#151; which can ruin everything from tomatoes to citrus fruit to alfalfa &#151; have shot up into the thousands since the insect was first discovered in the San Francisco Bay area three months ago, agriculture officials said Friday.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mous...
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Scientists have identified a new bug which has evolved in insects to attack humans.
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Next generation of Scob pest can be stopped by existing patches.
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A rice-sized mite that sucks blood from honey bees is wiping out thousands of hives in Oregon and across the nation, making life difficult for beekeepers and for farmers who depend on bees to pollinate their crops.
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By TIFFANY PAKKALA  It's hard to find the tiny, black beetles along St. Johns County's picturesque Florida 13, but the redbay trees they're killing are nearly impossible to miss.  The Asian ambrosia beetle, a species recently leaked into the U.S.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader Sep. 25--The presence of a diminutive insect in the state has forestry officials on high alert.
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By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 17--MANSFIELD -- Maybe Mansfield is finally getting tired of its filthy neighbor.   Civic leaders talked this week about cleaning up dirty smokestacks in Midlothian for the sake of fresh air and families' health.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep.
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As image spam declines, a new type of pest takes its place.
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Female promiscuity in butterflies has been found to rise as bacteria kill off male partners.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated about 50 acres in Hays and Comal counties as critical habitat for two species of beetles and a shrimp-like crustacean.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mouse,...
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By Jacqueline L. Urgo, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 17--ABSECON, N.J. -- Kim Bannister walks out her front door and sighs.   Her concrete driveway is covered with large pools of stinking bird excrement and rotting crab shells.
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Life & style: Pest control firm reports surge in infestations of fabric-eating species despite overall fall in numbers.