We identified three targeted biocontrol agents, including the gall midge Cystiphora ... area to go and collect these insects in the field," Hunter says. The midge was released in spring 2023 ...

While looking at my hackberry tree, the leaves were covered with this small round growth. Is it a disease, insect or just part of the tree? Will it kill my tree? How do I control it? Those small bumps ...

I eat rice multiple days a week — and used to exclusively make it in a pot on the stove. It’s a deceptively easy task: Measure, rinse, add water, simmer, steam, and less than half an hour ...

As this year’s crops develop on the Prairies, several pests are growing right along with them. Cabbage seedpod weevils, grasshoppers and alfalfa weevils are all on farmers’ radar right now — and wheat ...

RANDY sex pest dolphins have been terrorising swimmers at an alarming rate in recent years through a string of dangerous attacks. Dolphin welfare experts told The Sun there are many reasons why ...

But Saturday was different; Mora needed to gather himself before he could begin the process of moving on to the next game, against Rice. His frustration couldn’t have been clearer when he ...

A lifelong, 90-year resident of the 40 Acres community of Wilmington, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2024, at his daughter’s home in Milton, DE. Paul was a faithful, lifelong member of St ...

Human actions likely cause insect color change Date: October 24, 2024 Source: University of Otago Summary: New Zealand's native stoneflies have changed colour in response to human-driven ...

But because firefly remains from this period can be difficult to come by since the insects’ softer bodies don’t preserve well in the fossil record, the evolution of the beetles and their ...

We are allegedly losing "only" 9% of terrestrial insect populations globally every decade – far less than predicted in most local studies. As for freshwater insects, their situation would be ...

Abstract: In the field of precision agriculture and plant protection, this paper proposes a multi-task classification model named FasterPest to improve the accuracy of rice pest identification. Based ...