An 84-year-old Houston man says he was forced out of his home about three months ago due to a bee infestation. Gotcha Pest Control heard about Charles Williams’ story and took on the problem. “The bees started taking over,” Williams tells ABC 13 Eyewitness News. “That was it. I had to move out. What else […]
Stinging Insects
Caption This: What’s that under the pilgrim’s hat?
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Caption This: S.W.A.T. team spots mosquito
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UN nuclear agency starts building new lab for insect pest control
The United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is constructing a new laboratory for its efforts to help countries use nuclear...
Q&A: PMP service tech uniforms, carpenter bee holes and digger bees
Email your questions about insect identification and pest management technologies and techniques to Dr. Mampe at dentomol@aol.com. Your questions most...
Purdue entomologist and team receive USDA grant for neonic research
Congratulations to Ian Kaplan and his Purdue University team for receiving a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of...
Stinging insects: A bee, or not a bee?
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Stinging insects: Summer’s top Instagram photos
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Wasps, up close and personal
Since I moved to Florida from Ohio last year, I have been observing a variety of interesting stinging insects right outside...
Carpenter bees: A game of hide-and-seek
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Zika outbreak seeps beyond Florida’s ‘warning zone’
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Microsoft deploys drones to fight Zika
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What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 2 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management. What follows is part...
Yellow fever (Aedes aegypti) mosquito: What you need to know
Aedes aegypti is known as a daytime biter. Description: Adults are approximately 0.15 to 0.25 in. with white scales on...
What You Need to Know about Zika – Part 1 of 2
[This week we welcome guest blogger, Dillon Stewart, associate editor of our sister publication, Landscape Management.] For those new to...