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  • Northern Ireland - Bats in the night 8 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... important role in our environment through controlling insect populations, including many agricultural pests. Despite their size they have a ghoulish appetite. ... disturb any species of bat, or disturb, damage or destroy their roosts even if bats ...

  • Certain insects love to nibble on citrus peel 7 Nov 2009 05:57 GMT
    ... preventative sprays that will control these mobile insects, so be watchful. Most of them can ... hose. Be very cautious about applying any pesticide to plants you are going to eat. And ... It's been a wet year, and the fungi and insects have been very active. But ...

  • Garden Q&A: Certain insects love to nibble on citrus peel 7 Nov 2009 14:32 GMT
    ... preventative sprays that will control these mobile insects, so be watchful. Most of them can ... hose. Be very cautious about applying any pesticide to plants you are going to eat. And ... It's been a wet year, and the fungi and insects have been very active. But ...

  • Managing Wood-boring Insects 7 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT
    ... watch out for what is called wood-boring insects. These insects are considered secondary invaders, which ... unhealthy, infestation of these insects will only damage them more. So what can you do ... idea. So what about the use of pesticides, you may ask? Once trees and shrubs are ...

  • State remains on lookout for emerald ash borer 7 Nov 2009 10:52 GMT
    ... new territories by hauling firewood the parasitic insect uses as a host. “It's an afternoon ... in Illinois in June 2006. Adult beetles damage ash trees by eating foliage, but larvae ... found no new traces of the invasive pest outside previously quarantined areas. Thousands of purple traps ...

  • State on lookout for emerald ash borer 7 Nov 2009 19:32 GMT
    ... new territories by hauling firewood the parasitic insect uses as a host. “It's an afternoon ... in Illinois in June 2006. Adult beetles damage ash trees by eating foliage, but larvae ... found no new traces of the invasive pest outside previously quarantined areas. Thousands of purple traps ...

  • Like strawberries? Now's the time to plant them 7 Nov 2009 11:56 GMT
    ... temperatures are over. There are a few pests you may have to deal with. Control spider mites ... spider mites and aphids with sprays of insecticidal soap. Make sure you spray thoroughly under ... slugs with traps or baits. Stop bird damage with bird netting draped over wire arches ...

  • Carpet beetle cure 4 Nov 2009 15:32 GMT
    ... a little lesson on how to interpret pesticide labels to figure out how toxic pesticides ... environmentally interested analysis of agricultural and horticultural pest control. All toxic products must carry signal words ... endanger other humans, pets, wildlife, livestock, beneficial insects or ground water. I would also suggest ...

  • Sterile moths to fight vineyard moth invasion 5 Nov 2009 16:41 GMT
    ... an entomologist who coordinates the sterile apple moth program with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ... in the Napa Valley of another exotic pest, the European grapevine moth. That moth, which has damaged ... from becoming established in Wine Country. Sterile insects, which have proven effective in fighting other ...

  • Vineyard pest found in 22 Napa Valley properties 4 Nov 2009 23:39 GMT
    ... the ground in order to deprive the pest a sanctuary over the winter. “This is a pest ... is the first known infestation of the moth in the United States. But the pest, ... border. The results may determine how sterile insects could be used to combat the apple ...

  • Will Frankenfood Feed The World? 3 Nov 2009 08:58 GMT
    ... are caused by crop damage attributable to pests, drought, poor soil and crop viruses, bacteria or fungi. Damage caused by pests is incredible. The ... genetically modified, pest-resistant crops might kill good insects as well as bad appear unfounded. ...

  • Contech Enterprises Buys Pest Management Company 4 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... reach into the growing North American green pest management market, Contech Enterprises has announced the acquisition ... green garden and pest management line including insect traps, tree care, and animal repellents. Tanglefoot ... are designed to prevent insect and wildlife damage to plants and trees. It is best ...

  • Pesticides found in organic tea 5 Nov 2009 08:30 GMT
    ... A person was found dead outside a residential building ... popular Stockholm night club have had their damage award for discrimination upheld by the Supreme ... attacked and killed a little girl's pet rabbit in a garden on the island of ...

  • Sterile moths to fight vineyard invasion 5 Nov 2009 17:01 GMT
    ... an entomologist who coordinates the sterile apple moth program with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ... in the Napa Valley of another exotic pest, the European grapevine moth. That moth, which has damaged ... from becoming established in Wine Country. Sterile insects, which have proven effective in fighting other ...

  • 5,000 years later, a new warming warning 2 Nov 2009 09:39 GMT
    ... Scientists predict that in a warming world, insects will thrive, and droughts and other extreme ... of the bugs were a native fall cankerworm. Not that the news was much better: ... situation initially attributed to insects because hemlock pests were found in a peat bog sample from that ...


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