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WSU insect lunch a hopping success – WSU News


WSU News

WSU insect lunch a hopping success
WSU News
Roughly 250 WSU students and others came to Ensminger Pavilion to sample the tacos, cricket chili and desserts sweetened with honey during the annual Dad's Weekend event that is part of Zack's "Insects and People? course. The insect lunch is a teaching
Yum! WSU students munch on insect lunchKREM.com (registration)

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The Unexpected Costs of Bedbugs – Money Talks News (blog)


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The Unexpected Costs of Bedbugs
Money Talks News (blog)
Usually when you find pests in your home, a can of bug spray can kill every insect in sight. But the cheap and easy method doesn't work with bedbugs. Most commercially sold bug sprays aren't designed for bedbugs. To make matters worse, bedbugs have an

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How Pest Control Contributes To Home Improvement – Caribbean Media Vision

How Pest Control Contributes To Home Improvement
Caribbean Media Vision
house, home, housekeeping, improvement, clean, pest, control, protect The joy of owning a house is overwhelming, but so is the responsibility of ensuring that unwanted pests are prevented from entering the house. Ants, roaches, bugs, termites, rats and

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Verifi Now Available in Canada – PCT Magazine

Verifi Now Available in Canada
PCT Magazine
PHILADELPHIA ? Verifi bed bug detector, from FMC Professional Solutions, is now available to pest management professionals (PMPs) in Canada. The Verifi bed bug detector is discreet, affordable and effective, according to FMC. The new device allows

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Wildlife Population Boom Creating Costly Mess – PCT Magazine


PCT Magazine

Wildlife Population Boom Creating Costly Mess
PCT Magazine
Daimer Offers Steam Cleaner to Kill Bed Bugs. The company is marketing its KleenJet Mega 1000CVP ATIS to the pest control industry. Arrow Exterminators Acquires Norton Exterminating. Northern Georgia-based firm is the latest acquisition by Arrow.

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Research bites back against mosquitoes

The University of Queensland?s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has been awarded $4 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), including $325,000 for a project that will use spider venom and fungi to stop insects from spreading disease.

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Quarantine Likely After Insect Pest Found in Santa Maria – Noozhawk


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Quarantine Likely After Insect Pest Found in Santa Maria
Noozhawk
A quarantine is likely to be imposed after agricultural officials found an Asian citrus psyllid on an orange tree in Santa Maria. The insect spreads a bacterial disease known as citrus greening that could devastate local citrus. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk

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Pest violations turn up at food courts in Baltimore area malls – ABC2 News


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Pest violations turn up at food courts in Baltimore area malls
ABC2 News
You're going to be spending a ton of time at the mall in the coming weeks and holiday shopping can certainly help you work up an appetite. But, are those food court restaurants a clean place to eat? ABC2 News Investigators dug into local health records

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Tiny Invasive Pest Wreaking Havoc on Blueberries – Farmer’s Exchange

Tiny Invasive Pest Wreaking Havoc on Blueberries
Farmer’s Exchange
An invasive pest barely 1/16th of an inch long that first turned up in California in 2008 has caused millions of dollars in damage to Michigan's blueberry crop. Rufus Isaacs, a small fruit entomologist at Michigan State University, said the spotted

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Fears grow that Asian hornets are heading to Britain as killer insects sting man to death in France

Fears are growing that giant Asian hornets are headed for Britain by 2014 as the killer insects sting a man to death in France. A 54-year-old married father-of-three died in the village of Coron on Monday after disrupting a hornet?s nest while pruning a …

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