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Vets: Try various methods and don't let up on fleas and ticks
Monitor “Treating the environment includes buying yard spray and spraying the yard every couple of weeks, or having a pest control company come and spray the yard for fleas and ticks. But the cheaper method would be to buy some yard spray. … |
Pests in the NewsJuly 12, 2011
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But vast geographic differences, like those between Asia and North America, can allow insects to evolve in two directions. So a natural disease that limits the spread of a native beetle species might have no effect on its Asian cousin. But the spread of …
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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The Great Backyard Bird Count, which takes place every February, taught us something about the birds. Now, with the help of 100,000 volunteers, a California scientist is trying to learn more about the bees. Bee-counters around the U.S. and Canada are …
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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Complaints Rise Even as Bedbug Violations Drop
Wall Street Journal Regardless, local pest–control companies say there is a boom in the business of bedbug-busting. They say the outbreaks last year in popular clothing stores such as the Epic Hollister in SoHo and the Victoria's Secret on the East Side were just the … Russian Boat Sinks, 100 Missing; Suit Dismissed Against Downtown Mosque …Village Voice (blog) |
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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How a Swiss scientist saved 20 million people
swissinfo.ch Herren has since continued his research into insects and natural pest control in plants, animals and humans. In 1998 he set up the Zurich-based Biovision foundation with friends, using money from his various prizes, to promote sustainable organic … |
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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Tips help keep pets free of fleas, ticks this summer
Times Record News The drought is bringing out not only the wildlife I mentioned a few weeks ago, but an abundance of other pests. Fleas and ticks seem to be drought-resistant critters and at the Animal Services Center, we are getting in dogs and cats every day that are … |
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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Alert over deadly coffee pest outbreak
Daily Nation Its symptoms include rows of flat, oval immovable green insects, especially along the main leaf veins and near the tips of green shoots. Black ants climbing the trees is also an indicator of the disease. Coffee leaf rust infestation, CRF said, … |
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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When Ants Attack: How to Get Rid of the Summer's Most Annoying Insects
Patch.com Like chalk and baby powder, coffee grounds naturally deter these invasive insects. Coffee grounds are especially useful when sprinkled in your garden particularly if you are also having issues with wandering cats, as they repel cats, too. … |
Pests in the NewsJuly 11, 2011
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After the series of diseases affecting coffee plants, crops loss etc, now there are possibilities of growers seeing peculiar species of insects and pests in clusters, infesting the plantations. The insects are feeding on coffee and chillies, destroying …
Pests in the NewsJuly 10, 2011
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Marauding insects have become a leading threat to the nation’s forests during the past decade, a problem made worse by drought and a warming climate, a federal report says. Bark beetles, engraver beetles and gypsy moths are the …
Pests in the NewsJuly 10, 2011
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