We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Every fall, homeowners are faced with the sometimes arduous task of prepping their homes for the cold weather. This includes activities like ...
BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Maintaining your garden or landscape gets frustrating when an invasive insect pops up. Eric Day, an entomologist at Virginia Tech, says more often than not, most invasive ...
While native insects—even those we don’t love such as mosquitoes, biting flies, and ants have roles to play in our eco-system, invasive insects are a different story. These are species that have ...
Here’s how to identify these invasive species—and what to do about them.
The invasion of trees and plants by exotic vines and other climbing plants can often result in the suffocation and death of mature trees and plants. They also increase the danger of canopy fires and ...
As temperatures drop across the country, homeowners are reporting more sightings with a familiar and often unwelcome visitor the Asian lady beetle. Pest specialists warn that now is the time to learn ...
In between beach days and backyard barbecues, the end of summer is a good time to examine your trees for signs of hazardous invasive insects. The USDA has named August as Tree Check Month to encourage ...
You stand in the driveway and stomp your foot like a petulant 3-year-old, not once but twice in vain pursuit of an elusive Asian insect, then look up and see hundreds of its kin stand proboscis-deep ...