A few dark specks on a sheet, windowsill, or skirting board can make an ordinary room feel suddenly suspect. The reaction is ...

Here’s how to identify these invasive species—and what to do about them.

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Unlike native ladybugs, Asian lady beetles are aggressive home invaders, often gathering by the hundreds in wall voids, ...

If you're a gardener (even someone just getting their feet wet), you know what it's like trying to manage insects, diseases and weeds in the garden. Once the season really starts going, we always have ...

Technology that was first used to distinguish healthy tissues from cancerous ones in humans has been successfully used to identify insects. Every year insect pests cause massive economic damage in ...

Angela Mech, assistant professor of Entomology at University of Maine, has been leading the research for the i-Tree pest predictor. Mech specializes in invasive forest insects. University of Maine ...

Extension entomologist Ben Thrash reveals which soybean insects threaten yields and which farmers can safely ignore in new pest guide.

Economic thresholds are one of the most trusted tools in insect management. They help growers decide when pest populations justify treatment before economic injury occurs. The concept is foundational ...