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Lights Make West Nile Worse

Lights Make West Nile Worse

During the daytime hours streetlights and other forms of public lighting are obviously not necessary. But at night entire cities become illuminated with artificial light. This artificial light is known as “light pollution”. Light pollution, as the term suggests, has a...
Lights Make West Nile Worse

The Freezing Cold Climate Is Killing Insects

Given the many problems that insect pests have been causing for the past few years it is no wonder that many scientists and researchers are pessimistic about possible improvements concerning future pest-related issues. There is good reason to think that the past...
Lights Make West Nile Worse

Ash-Borers Can Survive Freezing Temps

Earlier this week many people were likely cursing the below zero degree weather that spread across the United States. However, entomologists could not be happier about the frigid climate. The cold weather is a welcome change this winter as some of America’s most...
Lights Make West Nile Worse

Global Insect Population Decline

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past three months you have certainly heard about the insect population crisis. A few months back German researchers reported that insect populations had decreased by seventy five percent in certain German national...
Lights Make West Nile Worse

Christmas Lights From Pennsylvania Infested

The vast majority of Christmas trees sold in the United States carry little risk of insect infestation, and certainly not invasive insect infestation. However, there always seems to be an exception to the rule. In this case that exception would be Christmas trees from...
Ticks Once Fed On Dinosaur Blood

Ticks Once Fed On Dinosaur Blood

Any news relating to ticks is most likely bad news. Ticks were much discussed among experts, politicians and the public this year for the increased risk of tick-borne disease facing people living in the northeastern region of the United States. It was also recently...