Metro Vancouver residents may have noticed lawns across the region are more of a chewed-up eyesore than usual this fall. But what may be making it seem worse this year is a beetle boom over the past ...

Metro Vancouver residents may have noticed lawns across the region are more of a chewed-up eyesore than usual this fall. As in past years, the raccoons, skunks and birds are digging for tasty grubs, ...

Over the past decade, invasive European chafer beetles have taken hold in Western Washington. Crows, racoons and other animals are tearing up lawns in search of them.

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living ...

UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.

Researchers are trapping and tracking the New World screwworm to detect it early before it threatens livestock. The previous arrival of the New World screwworm in the U.S. caused major losses to ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Now that we've all digested our Thanksgiving dinners, it's time for an update on the New World screwworm. A ...

A scientist monitoring the steady approach of a type of flesh-eating fly to the US border has given a grim warning. The New World screwworm, a type of blowfly, has been spreading steadily northwards ...

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The invasive insects have been spreading across the United States for over a decade, leaving behind poop that bees are ...

Combine Heterorhabditis nematodes (sold in paste-like form) with water and apply to the soil in the spring or fall. Wait a couple of days and reseed or replant any damaged areas. However, chemical ...