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(NAPSI)?Imagine not having real maple syrup with your pancakes or orange juice to enjoy with breakfast. Or not relaxing under the shade of an ash tree with a glass of California wine. Invasive and diseases threaten so many things we hold …

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Tree wardens issue warning about invasive insect – Wicked Local

Tree wardens issue warning about invasive insect
Wicked Local
Tree wardens and arborists in MetroWest urged residents Wednesday not to move firewood or other host materials, after state officials announced a new invasive tree-killing insect was found in the Berkshires. In a press conference Wednesday, state

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Isaac to blame for infestation of caterpillars – Jackson Clarion Ledger

Isaac to blame for infestation of caterpillars
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Residents worry this is just a pit stop before the insects get into their homes. Residents in Garden Isle tell WLOX-TV that since Hurricane Isaac, the whole area has been infested with caterpillars. They said they've never had this problem in Garden

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Pest expert: Seal things up before Seattle ‘rat-pocalypse’ – MyNorthwest.com

Pest expert: Seal things up before Seattle 'rat-pocalypse'
MyNorthwest.com
The big dig along the Seattle waterfront that will make way for the Hwy 99 tunnel could also displace scores of pests and set the stage for what some are calling "ratpocalypse." Billboards have begun appearing around the Pioneer Square area saying
Tunnel could create 'ratpocalypse'Seattle Post Intelligencer
Highway 99 Project Is Digging Up The Dirt On Rodent ActivitySacramento Bee
Seattle waterfront tunnel project stirring rats, cockroachesBizjournals.com
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Fresh Wave of Insects Attack Sawtooths – Twin Falls Times-News

Fresh Wave of Insects Attack Sawtooths
Twin Falls Times-News
Idaho is far from the only state to experience an onslaught of insects and disease in its forests. More than 6.4 million acres of the nation's forests died from a combination of insect and disease in 2011, according to a recent report from the Forest

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Be ready for insect invasion – Greenville News

Be ready for insect invasion
Greenville News
Now that summer has arrived in full force, populations of many kinds of insects are on the rise. If you haven't seen them already, it probably won't be long before Japanese beetles and other troublesome pests invite themselves to snack on your favorite

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Caterpillars show up in wake of Isaac – Sacramento Bee

Caterpillars show up in wake of Isaac
Sacramento Bee
Residents worry this is just a pit stop before the insects get into their homes. Residents in Garden Isle tell WLOX-TV ( http://bit.ly/QI2fnp) that since Hurricane Isaac, the whole area has been infested with caterpillars. They say they've never had

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Elephant weevil found at LA port, officials said – Los Angeles Times

Elephant weevil found at LA port, officials said
Los Angeles Times
"Had this pest gone undetected, it could have had a serious impact on the California wine industry," Todd C. Owen, Customs and Border Protection director of Los Angeles field operations, said in a statement. The live bug, less than an inch long, was

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Orange farmers form pest control brigades – The Citizen Daily

Orange farmers form pest control brigades
The Citizen Daily
He said that the youth brigades would also provide other control services using chemicals on payment from farmers in an effort to control the pests that are causing huge losses estimated to be about 32,000 tonnes of oranges per year since 2003 when the

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Bomb that kills pests… and humans – gulfnews.com


gulfnews.com

Bomb that kills pests… and humans
gulfnews.com
Mohammad Motahar Hussain, pest management specialist at Dubai Municipality, said cleaning company staff untrained to handle pesticides have been using the fumigants in homes, even though the UAE has banned them for domestic use since 2009.

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