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Last year farmers and agricultural professionals were stumped as to what was killing so much Roseau cane, a tall grass-like plant that grows all over the world. In the United States Roseau cane grows around the mouth of the Mississippi…

The Least Known Of All Insect Pests Has To Be The Oystershell Scale When considering all insect life on the planet, there is probably not a group of insects that are more obscure to the public than armored scale insects.…

Store Bought Hand Sanitizer May Have An Application In The Field Of Entomology Ever since the turn of the millennium, hand sanitizer replaced soap as the most convenient way of ridding our hands of bacteria. Who knows if hand sanitizer…

Japanese Beetles Are Causing More Damage Than Usual This Year It is likely that all farmers fear some insect pests more than others, since different insect pests prefer to feed on different types of crops. For farmers located in the…

Do Grasshoppers Swarm Often? We have all heard of locust swarms, bee swarms, and even termite swarms, but how about grasshoppers swarms? If we do encounter grasshoppers, then it is probably because we catch them hopping into the air, but…

Discovering 35,000 Bees Living Above Your Bed Would Bee a Nightmare Bees can sometimes take staring roles in our dreams, but usually once we wake up those bright flyers disappear. For one woman, however, she discovered she literally had thousands…

How Have Zika Control Methods Changed Since Last Year? Since last summer officials in Florida have gained control over Zika outbreaks within the state, and they are prepared for the worst. Houston, Texas has been following Florida’s example. Although Houston…

Which Insects Are Destroying All Of The Pumpkin Plants? Around October many people begin buying and carving pumpkins in order to celebrate Halloween. The demand for pumpkins is so high that many gardeners specialize solely in pumpkin cultivation. Every year…

Have You Ever Been Bitten By A Flying Insect That You Could Not See? We have all sustained mosquito bites during the spring and summer months, but have you ever noticed a mosquito bite, but did not remember ever being…