Sometimes we are so preoccupied with eliminating pest insects, ticks, and other undesirable wildlife that we often forget we need some species. Pollinators are undeniably essential, and here is how … [Read more...]
Be Tick Smart not Tick Scared: What You Need to Know This Tick Season
There’s a lot of scary things about ticks – they suck blood, they’re gross-looking, and they can carry a bunch of dangerous diseases like Lyme disease. They also live pretty much everywhere in the … [Read more...]
National Save a Spider Day
“If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive.” - Unknown National Save a Spider Day is March 14 each year. Here are some reasons to celebrate this unusual day. Spiders Kill Pest … [Read more...]
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), Birds, and You
We asked entomologist (aka bug expert) Eric Eaton to fill us in on everything we need to know about the EEE virus. Here's what he shared: Five states have recently issued warnings amidst an … [Read more...]
Mosquitoes and the “Pesticide Treadmill”
Entomologist Robert Van Den Bosch coined the term "pesticide treadmill" in his 1978 book The Pesticide Conspiracy to describe how the insecticide industry cannot keep pace with pesticide resistance. … [Read more...]
Grasshoppers in Las Vegas, Locusts in Yemen
What is the difference between grasshoppers and locusts? A locust is not so much a species as it is a phenomenon in some species of grasshoppers. An example of each is happening right now in Las Vegas … [Read more...]