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NY researchers breeding rare native ladybugs
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.
Unusually quiet year for soybean aphids, but don't stop scouting
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Entomologists across the Midwest expected to see soybean aphid outbreaks this year, but aphids have been slow in coming out, according to a Purdue University field crops entomologist.
Missouri and Kansas are releasing alien insects to do battle with invasive plants
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An alien plant species has invaded Missouri and is threatening to overrun crops and livestock pastures. To combat the scourge weed, officials are deliberately releasing two alien insect species to destroy its roots and seeds. ...
Beetle, fungus deliver one-two punch to black walnut trees
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly discovered disease, caused by a previously undescribed fungus hitchhiking on a tiny native bark beetle, is infecting and killing hundreds of black walnut trees in California and seven ...
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New Southern California beetle killing oaks
May 01, 2009 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists have completed a study on a beetle that was first detected in California in 2004, but has now attacked 67 percent of the oak trees in an area 30 miles east of San Diego.
Guam rhino beetles got rhythm
Apr 14, 2009 |
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In May 2008 the island of Guam became a living laboratory for scientists as they attached acoustic equipment to coconut trees in order to listen for rhinoceros beetles. A grant from USDA IPM allowed Richard Mankin, a recognized ...
Beetle species rediscovered in Britain
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Mar 19, 2007 |
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The endangered short-necked oil beetle, long thought gone from Britain, was rediscovered recently by an entomologist at a site in southern county of Devon.
Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them - legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps in door and window seals for cozier ...
New tactics in Guam rhino beetle invasion
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Canines and a bio-control organism come to the rescue of Guam's coconut trees in efforts to control an invasive species plaguing the island.
Biting Discovery: Entomologist Finds Host of New Aquatic Insect Species in Thailand
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May 21, 2007 |
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While in Thailand, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher found a treasure trove of previously unknown information about aquatic insects in the country. In the process, he learned firsthand that a few of these little ...
Study finds higher pathogen loads in collapsed honeybee colonies
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Honeybees in colonies affected by colony collapse disorder (CCD) have higher levels of pathogens and are co-infected with a greater number of pathogens than their non-CCD counterparts, but no individual pathogen ...
Invasive beetle attacks redbay trees
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Jan 13, 2008 |
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A beetle imported from Asia is spreading around the southeast United States, leaving dead and dying redbay trees in its wake.
Spider mite predators serve as biological control
Nov 02, 2009 |
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The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple ...
UW-Madison entomologist helps farmers deal with tricky crop pest
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Historically, crop rotation has worked to keep the western corn rootworm in check in Wisconsin.
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