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Researchers in Israel say a study has shown that plants give off sounds that help insects decide where they want to lay their ...
By JESSICA DAMIANO I hate to break it to you, but just like your calendar can’t tell you the best time to harvest, it won’t ...
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.
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has announced a significant breakthrough in its fight against the destructive ...
"Stink bugs, in particular the brown marmorated stink bug, can be devastating to tree fruit,” says Blaauw. These pests feed ...
You can now order an “Iron Dome” for mosquitoes. Its name is the Photon Matrix, a black box about the size of a smartphone that can detect, track, and eliminate mosquitoes mid-flight using an AI ...
Lecanium scale attach themselves to the leaves and twigs of trees and feed on plant nutrients, causing significant damage.
For whatever reason, my office has seen an explosion of homeowners bringing in branches covered in cottony maple scale. I believe 100% of the cases to be on either silver maple (Acer saccharinum ...
Cottony maple scale is a soft scale insect that feeds on maples (and some other species) by sucking sap from branches and leaves.
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...
Golden-crowned kinglets are carnivores – though because they are so small, insectivore is probably a more accurate term; the prey they devour is minute, including insect eggs and insects including ...