This story was originally in the news last August, but I have just come across these fascinating ant photos and could not resist sharing here. These stunningly unique photos come from Dr. Babu of India who came up with the idea of feeding colored sugar water droplets to ants after his wife observed that their [...]
In February of 2012 HomeTeam Pest Defense conducted a nationwide survey of homeowners to discover the present trends and beliefs related to pests and pest control. The survey looked at a wide range of pest-control topics and issues related to travel, children, pets and home buying and selling. The study turned up some interesting findings: [...]
So, it turns out a bunch of Starbucks customers are up in arms over discovering that the coffee-house chain recently switched an ingredient in its Strawberry Frappuccino. The original ingredient was an artificial red dye to give the drink its pink color. When health-conscious customers complained about the artificial color, Starbucks responded by taking [...]
It’s not every day you get a new species of fly named after you – unless you are pop diva Beyonce and the fly in question happens to have a bootylicious golden-haired bum. In that case, it is little wonder that a 24-year-old male scientist from Australia, when faced with the question of what to [...]
The following video conveys in a very vivid way the emotional trauma that some people endure with serious bed bug infestation. The woman in the video is Teresa Grocki, a tenant at Stonequist Apartments in Saratoga Springs, NY. Having already petitioned her landlord for help and attempting to eradicate the bugs herself through a [...]
Kudzu – better known to some as “mile-a-minute vine” or ”the vine that ate the south” – has been slowly dominating significant areas of southeastern landscape since its introduction by Japan over a century ago. Now it looks like the vegetable form of cancer may have met its match. Meet the Kudzu Bug, a brown [...]
Hairy Crazy Ants. The name is enough to give you nightmares. This exotic species of ant is thought to come from South America, and while there were isolated reports of the ants in Florida as early as 2000, populations have exploded into the millions over the past decade and infestations are now being reported in [...]
An article appearing last Thursday in the LA Times reports that the Asian Tiger Mosquito, an exotic species capable of spreading various tropical viruses, has been showing up in disconcerting numbers in an El Monte neighborhood in San Gabriel Valley. Technicians at the Mosquito & Vector Control Center in San Gabriel Valley were concerned [...]
West Virginia University is planning to open its very own insect zoo, which will be open to the public beginning on Halloween. The entrance fee? Absolutely free for purposes of research and observation. Young-Lak Park, professor of entomology at the university, reports that the WVU insect zoo will display up to 40 species of live [...]
Pest Control Operators all over the country are reporting significant increases in bed bug activity in virtually all states from one year ago. Back in May Terminix released the following list of the 15 most bed bug infested cities of 2011. The rankings were decided after collecting data from 350 Terminix branches across the nation. [...]
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