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OSU researchers create fragrance mosquitoes can't resist
Columbus Dispatch Those pesky mosquitoes snacking on your arms and legs aren't only out for blood. Like most other creatures, they have a favorite food. In their case, it's sweet, succulent flower nectar. Mosquitoes don't pollinate flowers as other insects do. After … |
Pests in the NewsAugust 14, 2012
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Pest detectors wanted
WCAX The state Department of Forest, Parks & Recreation runs the Forest Pest First Detector Program. Volunteers undergo online and workshop courses to help them identify invasive forest pests. It was a volunteer who detected the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid that … |
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Nebraska Forest Service assessing trees for pest, disease threats
Lincoln Journal Star NORTH PLATTE ? In an effort to prepare Nebraska communities for several pests and diseases that could threaten the state's trees, the Nebraska Forest Service is starting with an inventory and assessment of trees in central Nebraska. The forest service … |
Pests in the NewsAugust 14, 2012
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Millions of trees killed by exotic pests in Michigan
SooToday.com The process of harvesting ash and beech from identified areas is ongoing in an attempt to recover timber value before the resources are killed by the two exotic forest pests. EAB [shown] and BBD are killing ash and beech in hardwood forests throughout … DATCP: Be Aware of EAB Treatment ScammersWisconsin Ag Connection |
Pests in the NewsAugust 14, 2012
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QUESTION:
I have an insect that I believe is a female earwig except she has long wings that extend all the way to the end of her cerci. She has the long antenna coming from just below her eyes and the cerci and the obvious segments on her ventral side. She is a classic earwig except for the long wings? Is there another insect I am overlooking for identification?
ANSWER:
Without an image to help with the ID I won’t be absolutely positive on this, but it still could be an earwig. Especially if there are earwig-like pincers at the back, which no other common insects have, this may just be an earwig with her flight wings extended. We don’t often see earwigs fly, but several species are quite capable of it and have very large hind wings for flight that they normally fold up nicely and stuff under the first pair of wings to protect them while not flying. Those forewings are simply short covers (elytra) used only as this protective cover, leaving most of the abdomen exposed on top. In your case, take a close look and see if there is that pair of short, dark elytra just in front of the large wings.
Pest QuestionsAugust 14, 2012
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QUESTION:
I have a hotel that wants to be proactive with daily inspections of guest rooms for bed bugs. Do you think this is necessary?
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I absolutely DO think that hotels and motels had better be proactive about the bed bug problem, and have a clear and enforced policy in place. The liability and bad publicity for hotels and motels that are found to have bed bugs, particularly when guests decide their home became infested because of the place they recently stayed, is too high for hotels to ignore. They could be sued for millions of dollars and their name displayed on the local news papers if they are found to have bed bugs. Plus, this bad publicity could easily result in the loss of income when people decide not to stay there.
Pest QuestionsAugust 13, 2012
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QUESTION:
I am using Provoke Professional Mouse Attractant by Bell Labs, that goes on top of rodenticides, in this case Ditrac Blox. The mouse attractant is drawing pharoah ants in a trail approximately 15′ long, 1″ wide, with thousands of ants working from their home to the bait. I am getting rid of the mice but I am attracting ants. The bait is in closed bait stations and I use a pyrethrum to eliminate the ant problem. My question is why are the ants attracted to the bait? This product is being used inside a school, away from food, and it is in a area that is safe.
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I looked at the MSDS and Label for this attractant and they don’t divulge what the ingredients are, other than to state that the material contains no “hazardous” ingredients. So, since it is formulated to be highly attractive to mice it probably contains a nice soup of food ingredients, possibly including sweet materials as well as protein substances that give off a delightful odor………delightful to mice at least. The pharaoh ants are omnivores that also feed on a variety of sweet and protein foods, so it probably is reasonable that they would pick up the scent as well and find the attractant to be pretty darned tasty.
Pest QuestionsAugust 12, 2012
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QUESTION:
How many ounces or grams makes a lethal dose for rats using Talon G?
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When Talon (brodifacoum) first came on the market as the first single feeding anticoagulant rodenticide we were told by the manufacturer that a single pellet was sufficient to kill a house mouse and 3 pellets could kill a typical rat. Clearly this is not much bait, attesting to the higher toxicity of the active ingredient. In fact the LD-50 of pure brodifacoum to a Norway Rat is 0.27 mg/kg, compared with warfarin (58 mg/kg) or diphacinone (3.0 mg/kg). I took these numbers from a resource by Cornell University.
Pest QuestionsAugust 11, 2012
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Q: I have a problem with a shiny black caterpillar about 1/4 inch long having a tadpole-like shape, where the head is much larger than the other end. It is a voracious feeder and skeletonizes the leaves of both cherry and pear trees. Are you familiar with …
Pests in the NewsAugust 10, 2012
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There are several precautions that should be taken to avoid being stung by a bee or bit by this summer. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the health effects of stinging or biting range from mild discomfort or pain to a …
Pests in the NewsAugust 10, 2012
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