http://www.pestweb.com/ Find out what pests are making today's headlines! en-us http://www.pestweb.com/rss/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:43:22 PST 1440 http://www.pestweb.com/images/pwlogo.jpg http://www.pestweb.com/rss/pestsinthenews.cfm http://www.citizensvoice.com/news/bedbugs_infest_city_housing?localLinksEnabled=false WILKES-BARRE - The Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority is fighting a bedbug problem at Valley View Terrace. The pests have become an epidemic locally and throughout the country amid an increase in international travel, said officials from pest control compan Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.citizensvoice.com/news/bedbugs_infest_city_housing?localLinksEnabled=false?row=1 http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13721204 The Acalanes school district will soon implement a pest management policy, but for now parents and district officials differ on what that policy should include. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13721204?row=2 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usenvironmentanimals_20091106020927 Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/ts_alt_afp/usenvironmentanimals_20091106020927?row=3 http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091106/LIVING/911060308/1004/ADVERTISING Around our place in Georgia, we've become familiar with most of the native animals and insects: the coyotes, skunks (too familiar), raccoons, the red foxes, the nefarious fire ants and mean little scorpions. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20091106/LIVING/911060308/1004/ADVERTISING?row=4 http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af22c995dcb1563466027.txt Three-thousand sterilized light brown apple moths were released from this small container into a vineyard on Ramal Road Wednesday afternoon. David Bolling/Index-Tribune Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/doc4af22c995dcb1563466027.txt?row=5 http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=391170 Quik-Kill Pest Eliminators, which has a corporate office in Streator, has been designated "GreenPro" by the National Pest Management Association. The designation reflects Quik-Kill Pest Eliminators' services and commitment to cultivating an environmentally-responsible business, according to the press Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=391170?row=6 http://www.pjstar.com/news_county/x1659495549/Ash-borers-spread-stopped-for-now After several consecutive seasons of newly discovered emerald ash borer infestations, state agriculture officials recently found no new traces of the invasive pest outside previously quarantined areas. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.pjstar.com/news_county/x1659495549/Ash-borers-spread-stopped-for-now?row=7 http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/nov/05/fickle_weather_sends_pests/ With Kansas' temperature rising and falling, insects and pests find their way into student homes. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/nov/05/fickle_weather_sends_pests/?row=8 http://www.pioneerlocal.com/vernonhills/news/1860162,vernon-hills-goosechase-110509-s1.article Those Canadian geese you see plucking grass or swimming in the lakes in Vernon Hills may look harmless enough but they're unwelcome (and messy) pests in many local parks. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.pioneerlocal.com/vernonhills/news/1860162,vernon-hills-goosechase-110509-s1.article?row=9 http://www.lexch.com/articles/2009/11/05/ara/lawn_and_garden/8936.txt (ARA) - Homeowners may not have the pest bird problems that plagued Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock's unforgettable thriller "The Birds," but pest birds can still ruin your day. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.lexch.com/articles/2009/11/05/ara/lawn_and_garden/8936.txt?row=10 http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091104/BUSINESS/911040329/1003/rss03 When Steve Lum of Slug-A-Bug heard of We Help Brevard, he knew he wanted his pest control company in the program. "I liked the concept," said Lum, who admits that while the program is not an immediate money maker for a company, it does provide plenty of good will. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091104/BUSINESS/911040329/1003/rss03?row=11 http://www.fresnobee.com/business/story/1697742.html California's citrus nursery industry will be required to test young trees for harmful diseases as part of a new law signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.fresnobee.com/business/story/1697742.html?row=12 http://www.fox12idaho.com/global/story.asp?s=11438676 Invading insects and rodents. The problem is increasing for home owners as we get closer to the winter months. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.fox12idaho.com/global/story.asp?s=11438676?row=13 http://www.maderatribune.com/news/newsview.asp?c=252010 An entomologist investigating the stinging insects that attacked middle school students in Madera said they were neither hornets nor bees but the common Western yellow jacket. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.maderatribune.com/news/newsview.asp?c=252010?row=14 http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/NEWS/911040351 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Bug spray that produces a fog to kill insects is likely to blame for the death of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy and his critically injured 2-year-old brother, authorities said Monday. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091104/NEWS/911040351?row=15 http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/US-government-slammed-on-wood-packaging-plans?nocount The leading trade body for the meat industry questioned proposals by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to introduce changes to combat the spread of plant pests in wood packing without knowing enough about the issue. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/US-government-slammed-on-wood-packaging-plans?nocount?row=16 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Tiny_bugs_sent_to_devour_trees_that_are_big_pests.html PRESIDIO -- A few miles south down the winding river road, the scientists pulled over, and, with bug nets and camera in hand, scrambled down the bank toward a thicket beside the churning Rio Grande. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Tiny_bugs_sent_to_devour_trees_that_are_big_pests.html?row=17 http://rn-t.com/bookmark/4255465 Bug spray that produces a fog to kill insects is likely to blame for the death of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy, and his 2-year-old brother was critically injured by the fumes, authorities sai... Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://rn-t.com/bookmark/4255465?row=18 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102171613.htm The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple orchards with two tiny insects known to be natural predators. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102171613.htm?row=19 http://www.bctechnology.com/scripts/display_news.cfm?id=28440 Vancouver, BC, November 2, 2009--(T-Net)--In a move that further extends its reach into the growing North American green pest management market, Contech Enterprises has announced the acquisition of Michigan-based pest management products company, Tanglefoot. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.bctechnology.com/scripts/display_news.cfm?id=28440?row=20 http://www.app.com/article/20091102/NEWS03/91102006/1007&source=rss Animal rights activists are hoping that the recent approval of a new deer contraceptive provides landowners an alternative to hunting to control white tail deer. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.app.com/article/20091102/NEWS03/91102006/1007&source=rss?row=21 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/rutgers_researchers_work_to_co.html The Star-LedgerAdult bed bugNEW BRUNSWICK -- A Rutgers University researcher and a student are working on methods to fight the national resurgence of bed bugs, according to a report on the Rutgers Today website. The report said Entomology researcher Changlu... Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/rutgers_researchers_work_to_co.html?row=22 http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/38280/ This fall's frosty nip in the air has insects looking for warm places to hide -- places such as Midwesterners' homes. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/38280/?row=23 http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20091101/NEWS/910309970/1049/RSS01 State symbol pion pine under attack from insects by Gail Durham Nevada Division of Forestry Forest Health Specialist Nevada's state tree is being attacked by two native insects that have partially defoliated about 700,000 acres, according to aerial survey data. The pion needle scale and pion needle sawfly have succeeded in causing many of Nevada's pion pines to lose much of their foliage. The ... Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20091101/NEWS/910309970/1049/RSS01?row=24 http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/oct/30/boll-weevil-eradication-successful/ Even as cotton production across the Big Country is predicted to be down this harvest season, for the first time in many years the boll weevil will not receive the blame. The loss in overall cotton yield this season is due exclusively on the drought. Until the 1990s, when the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation was organized, the insect pests accounted for more than $200 million worth of ... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/oct/30/boll-weevil-eradication-successful/?row=25 http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/managing-grain-storage-pests-with-natural-product/1661644.aspx?src=rss GRAIN storage experts have long stressed the importance of correct use of storage chemicals such as phosphine, to prevent the risk of insect resistance, which would be diabolical for the Aussie grains industry, with few other chemical controls for weevils available. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/general/managing-grain-storage-pests-with-natural-product/1661644.aspx?src=rss?row=26 http://allafrica.com/stories/200910310008.html Bondoukou -- Every year, Robert Assalé, a farmer at Tangamourou in the Bondoukou region in east-central Côte d'Ivore, produces an impressive amount of yams. He harvested 30 tonnes in 2007, 42 tonnes in 2008 and has almost surpassed 50 tonnes this year. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://allafrica.com/stories/200910310008.html?row=27 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-psyllid31-2009oct31,0,5594649.story?track=rss The citrus pest, which has wreaked havoc elsewhere, is found in rural San Diego County. A high concentration of organic farmers in the area complicates efforts to control the insect. A tiny insect that threatens California's $1.6-billion citrus industry has been found near one of the state's commercial citrus growing regions. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-psyllid31-2009oct31,0,5594649.story?track=rss?row=28 http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091031/sc_livescience/oldestknownspiderwebsdiscovered Silken spider webs dating back some 140 million years have been discovered preserved in amber, scientists announce today. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091031/sc_livescience/oldestknownspiderwebsdiscovered?row=29 http://www.koamtv.com/global/story.asp?s=11416745 Associated Press - October 30, 2009 5:04 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A federal research lab that investigates animal diseases spread by insects, spiders and other bugs is moving to... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.koamtv.com/global/story.asp?s=11416745?row=30 http://feeds.malaysianews.net/?rid=29233392&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LUBBOCK, Texas - For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers $20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural pest in the nation'... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://feeds.malaysianews.net/?rid=29233392&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc?row=31 http://www.sunherald.com/living/story/1711585.html I received a call from my older daughter. She'd moved into an old house in Florida and was having a bug problem. After getting her to describe the pests, I had to tell her the bad news. She had German cockroaches and there was little she could do to completely rid the place of the creatures. But that didn't mean that she couldn't do a few things to ameliorate their impact. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.sunherald.com/living/story/1711585.html?row=32 http://www.caller.com/news/2009/oct/30/garden-spiders-shouldnt-give-you-creeps/ CORPUS CHRISTI -- Halloween has given spiders a bad reputation, blowing them up to preposterous sizes and using them to induce fear. But people should have little reason to fear these eight-legged arthropods whose benefit of controlling pesky insect populations far outweigh dangers. Spiders help keep pests like mosquitoes and flies in check by capturing them in their elegant webs before chowing ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.caller.com/news/2009/oct/30/garden-spiders-shouldnt-give-you-creeps/?row=33 http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127388.html CARIBOU, Maine -- An outbreak of spruce budworm during the 1970-80s damaged forests and irked landowners and scientists who fought to counter the damage done by the pests. Despite the devastation it ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127388.html?row=34 http://www.albertalocalnews.com/r?19=961&43=277071&44=67439047&32=4766&7=298696&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albertalocalnews.com%2Fbusiness%2FAlberta_faces_new_mountain_pine_beetle_invasion_67439047.html EDMONTON -- Alberta is facing a new and bigger invasion of tree-killing mountain pine beetles and is looking to the federal government for help in preventing the tiny insects from spreading further east into the boreal forest. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.albertalocalnews.com/r?19=961&43=277071&44=67439047&32=4766&7=298696&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albertalocalnews.com%2Fbusiness%2FAlberta_faces_new_mountain_pine_beetle_invasion_67439047.html?row=35 http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/georgia/article/local_woman_has_problems_with_unwanted_critters_in_her_home/34838/ A local woman is crying foul against her landlord. She claims her rental property is infested with unwanted pests and she's worried about unsanitary conditions. Count on WJBF News Channel 6's Fraendy Clervaud for the story. UPDATE: And, we are happy to report that just a few minutes after this story was filed the management company did bring a pest control company to Ms. Freeman's home and they ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/georgia/article/local_woman_has_problems_with_unwanted_critters_in_her_home/34838/?row=36 http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_13655986?source=most_emailed BRATTLEBORO -- With Windham County established as the front line in the state's battle against the hemlock woolly adelgid, scientists last week unleashed their newest weapon in battling the harmful insect. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_13655986?source=most_emailed?row=37 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091029/NEWS07/910290318/-1/rss Pests that can carry a "death sentence" of a disease for citrus trees have been discovered near the Coachella Valley, prompting farming officials to expand a quarantine boundary near the area. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091029/NEWS07/910290318/-1/rss?row=38 http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200910/firewood27.html Delaware faces invasive species threats from its neighboring states - threats that could destroy many of the trees in its forests. Anyone who wants to heat their homes with firewood or have a campfire in their back yard, in a forest or at a park should use only local firewood. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200910/firewood27.html?row=39 http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Financial-Industry/US-government-slammed-on-wood-packaging-plans The leading trade body for the meat industry questioned proposals by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to introduce changes to combat the spread of plant pests in wood packing without knowing enough about the issue. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Financial-Industry/US-government-slammed-on-wood-packaging-plans?row=40 http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/story.asp?s=11403123 The tree population in Great Falls has taken a tumble of late, as pine beetles, dutch elm disease, and late-spring storms have claimed thousands of trees this year. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/global/story.asp?s=11403123?row=41 http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/news/x1717112096/Experts-Asian-beetles-out-in-full-force-in-Illinois The multicolored Asian lady beetles are out in full force, reports Marc Lamczyk, University of Illinois Extension ag program coordinator for Franklin County. The county had lots of soybean aphids this year, and the Asian lady beetles feed on aphids. In a nutshell, lots of aphids equal lots of lady beetles. These beetles are beneficial insects that feed on aphids and scale on trees, shrubs and ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/news/x1717112096/Experts-Asian-beetles-out-in-full-force-in-Illinois?row=42 http://www.pr.com/press-release/188946 Moving Right Along Services Inc., has helped a 217 + unit Manhattan Co-op rid themselves of Bed Bugs. The board of directors didn't hesitate when confronted with the city's newest scourge. They took action against the bloodsucking pests -- swift, coordinated, ruthless, expensive and in the end effective action. Every co-op and condo board should take notice of what is happening at this property ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.pr.com/press-release/188946?row=43 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6452910/Daddy-longlegs-threat-to-lawns.html Gardeners are being warned their lawns are at risk of being destroyed by an invasion of crane fly larvae because of the expected warm winter. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6452910/Daddy-longlegs-threat-to-lawns.html?row=44 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/other-tree-pests-active-in-canada/article1340212/ The brown spruce longhorn beetle is spreading into new territory in Nova Scotia Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/other-tree-pests-active-in-canada/article1340212/?row=45 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091026-australia-camels-video-ap.html Wild dromedary camels, brought to Australia in the mid-19th century to help explore and develop the outback, were left to breed and survive on their own. Now they number a million in the wild and have become pests, officials say. Video. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091026-australia-camels-video-ap.html?row=46 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_us/us_bat_die_off_3 Wildlife biologists studying a mysterious fungus killing off hundreds of thousands of bats around America want to find out if they can repopulate caves decimated by the disease. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_us/us_bat_die_off_3?row=47 http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_citrus27.4034504.html A plant used in Day of the Dead displays could spell doom for citrus growers, authorities said. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_citrus27.4034504.html?row=48 http://host.madison.com/ct/business/biz_beat/article_d14de95d-cb5f-5609-bb7b-c37d67e5d289.html The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims it has won a fight with a Madison company over assertions that its glue traps don't cause ensnared rodents to suffer. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://host.madison.com/ct/business/biz_beat/article_d14de95d-cb5f-5609-bb7b-c37d67e5d289.html?row=49 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091027/cl99302.html?.v=1 Results from Orkin's first-ever "Scariest Pest Halloween Poll" reveal spiders, one of Halloween's quintessential icons, are the scariest pests of 2009. According to Orkin experts, the pests people consider the scariest are not necessarily the most dangerous. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/091027/cl99302.html?.v=1?row=50