Cicada season may be over, but another pest emerges right after. Here's how to prevent possible bites and rashes from oak ...

Gall midge primarily affects Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Missouri.² Infection spreads along field edges at first and typically causes higher yield reduction in those areas.

Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are integral components of the insect olfactory system, assisting in the recognition of volatile chemical signals; their host recognition function makes them potential ...

As midges swarm in Baltimore County's waterfront areas, the county’s environmental protection and sustainability department is expanding the helicopter treatment area in Back River.

UAB emergency medicine doctor discusses how to identify and treat exposure to common poisonous plants. Poison ivy typically grows as a climbing vine in shady, damp areas along the East Coast. Its ...

Then, suddenly, midges were bugging everyone along the waterfront in Essex. Some restaurants closed; others had to give patrons money back when the flies got into food. At Jake’s Tavern, a popular ...

Female midges lay between 200 to 1,000 eggs. Bactimos is not a herbicide; it is a biological larvicide. The spraying area will cover from Interstate 6-95 to Muddy Gut River.

Life Cryopreserved sea star larvae could enable vital species to recover Sea star larvae have been stored at -200°C and thawed for the first time, a step towards restoring populations that have ...

While I sit I become the feeding grounds and target of mosquitoes and midges. The midges are also known as no-see-ums, and though just an 8th of an inch long, their numbers and bites can be far ...

Much like the other gall, the female midge lays her eggs on young developing oak leaves shortly after the leaves emerge from the leaf buds and are just starting to flatten out. The larvae are tiny ...

Tips on dealing with midges at Hampton Beach Traci Schaake, who manages JB’s Seafood on Ocean Boulevard, said she and her staff have been combatting the midges every summer for years.

A pest that had been eradicated from the United States since 1966 has made a surprising comeback, not far from the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite efforts to rid both countries and even Central America of ...