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Summer won't officially start until June 20, but Texas pests might have missed the memo. Insects and arachnids have started to become a bother for Texans. While some are innocent in nature, others ...
Don’t let carpet beetles take over your home. Here are five methods for getting rid of carpet beetles and how to keep them ...
From carpet beetles to ladybugs to palo verde beetles, here's what to know about the most common beetles in Arizona and why ...
I first heard about dermestids on a tour of Bracken Cave, the grotto just north of San Antonio that is home to the world’s ...
Discover proven ways to get rid of cucumber beetles in your garden. From organic methods to preventive tips, learn how ...
COROICO, BOLIVIA — “We need dark nights—they don’t come when the moon is out,” Reynaldo Zambrana explains. “First comes the female, and then the male. One must run to grab them before ...
Colorado beetle larvae were confirmed in a potato field in Kent following laboratory diagnosis. There were outbreaks in the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s but the pest was swiftly eradicated due to ...
If you think eating insects is gross, you may be in the cultural minority. Throughout history, people have relished insects as food. Today, many cultures still do. Ten thousand years ago hunters ...
Ground beetles are the natural enemy of wireworms and will hunt them down for food. Cutworms, the larval stage of night-flying moths, are the most despised underground insect in the garden.
Colorado beetles are typically between 6mm to 11 mm in size and have distinctive yellow and black stripes on their shells. Meanwhile, their larvae are typically 15 mm long and a reddish colour.
Saving the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle could take as long as 30 years and cost as much as $30 million, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says in its Salt Creek tiger beetle recovery could ...