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Help Smithereen make Malaria No More
Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease and recent progress shows that malaria’s days are numbered — but we need your...
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West Nile Virus Risk Up In Midwest As Hot, Dry Weather Continues
Midwest states in the U.S. are experiencing higher rates of West Nile Virus than in previous years. Illinois has already experienced to separate cases of WNV is the Chicago area, something that usually...
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One more reason for regular pest control services…
Photos of the spider before it was removed from the woman’s ear (Imgur) Doctors remove spider hiding in woman’s ear canal By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News A woman who went to China’s Changsha Central...
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Japan Nuclear Disaster Caused Mutated Butterflies, Researchers Report
Japan Nuclear Disaster Caused Mutated Butterflies, Researchers Report TOKYO — Researchers in Japan have found signs of mutation in butterflies, signaling one of the first indications of change to the...
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Web Site Tracks Mosquito-Borne Diseases Spread Globally by Air Travel
Web Site Tracks Mosquito-Borne Diseases Spread Globally by Air Travel By Larry Greenemeier The emergence of international air travel in the 20th century enabled an unprecedented spread of ideas,...
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Half of retail firewood is insect infested per new research
Half of retail firewood is insect infested per new research By: Paul Hamaker While it is not quite firewood time in Alabama, those who use or plan to use firewood purchased in bundles from big box...
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Drought Partially to Blame for Boxelder Bug Influx
NBCChicago.com: Drought Partially to Blame for Boxelder Bug Influx Fingers have pointed to the Midwest’s severe summer drought as the source of a diminished wheat crop, rising restaurant tabs, an...
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Tips for Bed Bugs in the Office
Tips for Bed Bugs in the Office from our friends at McCauley Brothers. Although bed bugs are typically thought to be a household pest, they can hitchhike with people to their places of employment. In...
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Guest Post: The scorpionfly
Guest post: The scorpionfly Though this may look like a clever photoshop at first, this unusual-looking insect is the common scorpionfly. The scorpionfly has several distinctive features, particularly...
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Warm Weather Means Spiders are Out, About
News-Leader.com: Warm Weather Means Spiders are Out, About Now that the weather is warming up, we’ll begin to encounter a creature many people don’t like to see, but it’s a good thing they’re around –...
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Bug Invasion – Ticks, Mosquitoes Getting Ready to Attack
BND.com: Bug Invasion – Ticks, Mosquitoes Getting Ready to Attack They are waiting in the grass, weeds, and the trees. Waiting for people and their pets to walk by so they can hitch a ride and steal a...
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Bug Art!
Entomologist Steven Kutcher is a Hollywood “Bug Guy,” serving as a consultant in movies like “Jurassic Park,” “Arachnophobia” and “James and the Giant Peach.” In the 1980s Director Steven Spielberg...
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Cockroach farming takes hold in China
Cockroach farming takes hold in China Powder from the pulverized insects is highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine, leading some entrepreneurs to begin breeding them. By Kim Peterson If...
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Way Cool! Parasitoid Activity
This video by Justin Bredlau, a PhD student at Virginia Commonwealth University, shows the life of the parasitic wasp, Cotesia congregata, and two of its hosts. It includes courtship behavior,...
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Bees Swarm at Angels-Mariners Game Causes 23-Minute Delay
A swarm of bees descended on Angel Stadium and caused a 23-minute delay as both teams were briefly pulled off the field. “I heard people yelling at me, telling me there were a lot of bees behind me,”...
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Pest Prevention Tips for Commercial Clients
Prevention is critical in protecting you business from a pest infestation. Below are just a few ways that your business can avoid pest infestations and the potential health and property threats that...
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Teen Attacked By Ants During Football Game Dies From His Injuries
Teen Attacked By Ants During Football Game Dies From His Injuries CORPUS CHRISTI – The Haas Middle School student and football player who was attacked by ants last week during a football game has died....
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