Little Yellow Ant is Next Invasive to Arrive in Florida
The little yellow ant is a tropical species, native to Madagascar, but now it's been found in Florida.
Pennies for Parasitoids: Savings Add Up When Rearing Wasps on Alternate Hosts
The parasitic wasp Telenomus remus can be cheaper to raise on a commercial scale on the eggs of an alternate host, rather than those of the fall armyworm, the pest the wasp naturally parasitizes in the field
Managing Pests in Organic Greenhouses
While a greenhouse structure affords growers pest control options that are not available for field crops, such as physical exclusion, it can also create challenges.
For Termites, Home is Where the Molt Is
Formosan subterranean termites have a strong urge to return to their central nest when it's time to molt.
A Potential New Tool in the Battle Against a Bee-Killing Bacteria
American foulbrood disease is caused by a difficult-to-control and highly destructive bacterium. New research may have found a way to prevent infections of honey bees
Fallen Fruit Breeds Invasive Flies
By removing potential breeding sites such as fallen fruit, population levels of invasive spotted wing drosophila could be reduced
Study on Insect Decline Highlights Need for Enhanced Research and Conservation
No doubt you saw the headlines last week: Insects are in serious trouble, @edyong209 reports. https://t.co/vMd3auqnKh pic.twitter.com/kYfPx6WxvU — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 19, 2017 A study published in PLOS ONE […]
How to Make a Four-Eyed Beetle
By Viviane Callier One of evolution’s oldest tricks is to apply old genetic building blocks at new times or places in development to create a new structure. But that isn’t […]
The Current State of Integrated Tick Management
If you read the news, it can be easy to wonder why it seems like we’re losing the war against ticks and the diseases they transmit. Why, exactly, are ticks […]
Silkworm: The Underappreciated Life Science Model Organism
The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is a unique economic insect, and it also offers promise as a model organism for life-science research.
Two New Stink Bug Species Named for Dragons From Game of Thrones
Two Chilean species of stink bugs were named after Drogon and Viserion, dragons of the TV series "Game of Thrones
Listening to Larvae: How Acoustics Can Measure Efficacy of Palm Weevil Management
By listening to sounds of the palm weevil, pest managers can determine how effective insecticides are working against the insect pest.
Old, But Not That Old: Debunking the Myth of Ancient Cockroaches
By Dominic Anthony Evangelista, Ph.D. and Manpreet Kohli Cockroaches are not 300 million years old. They might not even be 200 million years old. In fact, the oldest cockroaches known […]
More Than 70 New Species of Water Mites Discovered via DNA and Color Markings
By Samuel Bolton, Ph.D. Picture a bubbling brook, gurgling over a hard bed of rocks and gravel. As a child, you were drawn to explore that strange and stony world, […]
Another Tick Species’ Saliva Found to Have Antitumor Properties
Millions of years of evolution have made ticks highly specialized bloodsuckers. In fact, researchers who have studied tick saliva have found a range of compounds that fight back host defenses […]
Manage Japanese Barberry to Keep Tick Levels Low, Reduce Lyme Risk
Clearing the invasive shrub Japanese barberry from a wooded area once can lead to a significant reduction in abundance of blacklegged ticks for as long as six years