FS040,Few insects can compare with the alarm caused by Cicada Killer Wasps— Sphecius speciosus. These large solitary wasps are also known as Giant Cicada Killers or Sand Hornets. This last common name ...

FS1121,Among the 38,000 known spider species in the world, about 100 species have venom that is detrimental to humans. In North America, only the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus and the recluse ...

Hornets, yellow jackets, Polistes, mud daubers, and the cicada killer are all wasps, a group of beneficial insects that attack and destroy other insects found around homes and in gardens. Wasps, ...

FS224,Injury Potato foliage is the favorite food of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, (Figure 1) followed closely by eggplant (Figure 3) and tomato. Adults and larvae will also ...

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), is an exotic insect belonging to the order Hemiptera or true bugs. Halyomorpha halys, sometimes also called the yellow-brown stink bug or East ...

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