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RESCUE!® Stink Bug Trap offers consumers a proven “green” solution that protects yards & homes from the malodorous pests Spokane, WA (PRWEB) January 23, 2013 With the USDA recently naming the brown marmorated stink bug as the top invasive species in America and scientists predicting that the pungent pests will reach record numbers in 2013, the time is at hand to fight stink bugs. Rod Schneidmiller, president of Sterling International, developer of the RESCUE!® Stink Bug...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Chicago is now the bed bug capital of the US, replacing Cincinnati as the city where most bed bug-related treatments occurred over the past calendar year, claims on prominent pest-control company. The Rollins Corporation, parent company of Orkin and seven other pest control firms operating worldwide, released their list of the Top 50 bed bug cities for 2012 on Friday. Topping the list, which was based on the number of treatments...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Onlinebla In certain parts of the U.S. – Arizona, for example – black widow spiders are quite common. While this familiarity might not make them any less frightening, people in these areas are at least aware of the tiny eight-legged predators and know how to respond when they happen to cross paths with one of these potentially deadly arachnids. Recently, however, these spiders have been showing up in some very unusual places,...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) By examining what lady beetles eat, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are learning more about the movement of these beneficial insects in farm fields—and whether they'll actively feed on crop pests. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Jonathan Lundgren at the agency's North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Brookings, S.D., and former ARS entomologist Michael Seagraves were part of a team of ARS and university...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online We all remember the dinner scene in the hit 1979 film ‘Alien’. Everything seemed fine, when all of a sudden an alien parasite emerged from the chest cavity of Ian Holm, introducing a new form of horror in the science fiction genre. But was it, in fact, science fiction? Right here on earth, in the insect world, this phenomenon appears to be nothing new. Of course, the alien in the film was foreign and ugly and frightening. The...
WILMINGTON, Delaware, January 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Launched in Summer 2012, GemLN, one of the popular online jewelry stores has gone retro. Leading the first wave of the vintage chic and retro style in the online jewelry shopping scene, GemLN.com has come out with several designs. Showing a range of cultured pearl necklaces and other pieces crafted in rose gold and gold plated silver, GemLN is out to capture the online jewelry shopping niche for retro chic jewels....
ABC brings reduced fees on pest services to Bryan/College Station residents. Bryan/College Station, TX (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 Through Dec. 31, 2012, ABC Home & Commercial Services is helping homeowners in Central Texas eliminate and control household pests by offering several coupons. $50 off on initial termite service agreement $50 off on bed bug treatment and remediation $100 off on installation of a new mosquito misting system Termites are a costly headache for homeowners,...
For those who think they do not need exterminator services in the cold winter months, professional pest control provider explains why perceptions may be off. Windham, ME (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 People tend to rely on a belief that they need to deal with bugs during the warmer and wetter spring and summer months, but that bugs are not an issue during the cold winter months—they simply go away. Unfortunately, Ants ETC—a specialist in pest control in Windham, ME—points out that this...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Finding a new species of animal can be an inspiring and exhilarating experience. But can you imagine multiplying that exhilaration by 2, by 5, or by 10? What about by 33? If you are Professor Jason Bond, a trapdoor spider expert, you probably did just multiply that exhilaration by 33. That’s because the Auburn University Museum of Natural History researcher has just published a report on his discovery of 33 new trapdoor spider...
After metamorphosis European forest cockchafers benefit from the same bacterial symbionts housed during their larval stage. Apart from the common European cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), the European forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani) is the most common species of the Melolontha genus. These insects can damage huge areas of broadleaf trees and conifers in woodlands and on heaths. Cockchafers house microbes in their guts that help them to digest their woody food, such as...
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The Dwarf wedge mussel, Alasmidonta Heterodon, is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is rare, found solely in North America’s Atlantic coast streams and rivers of a variety of sizes and moderate current. Its current range extends from Maryland to North Carolina. It is federally listed as endangered, and state listed as endangered, in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New...
The Atlantic Winged Oyster, Pteria Colymbus, is a species of bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Pteriidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North Carolina to Brazil and Bermuda. This Atlantic Winged Oyster grows to about 2.8 inches long and is a distinctive, asymmetric shape. The hinge is long and strait with one wing drawn out a long way and the other one much smaller. The upper valve is brownish, often mottled with some paler markings. The lower valve is smaller and...
Pinctada maxima is a species of pearl oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. There are two different color varieties: the White lipped oyster and the Gold lipped oyster. These bivalves are considered to be the largest pearl oysters in the world. They have a very strong inner shell layer composed of nacre, also known as “mother of pearl”. They’re significant in the cultured pearl industry as they are used to produce South Sea pearls....
The Noble Pen Shell, Pinna Nobilis, is a species of large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Pinnidae. This bivalve shell can be as large as almost 3 feet in length, and the shape is somewhat variable. Like all pen shells, it is quite fragile. It attaches itself to rocks using a strong byssus made up of many silk like hairs. These are fibers that are secreted by the animal. Brilliant mother of pearl lines the inside of the shell. This species is native to...
The Amber Pen Shell, Pinna Carnea, is a species of bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Pinnidae. It can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies and Bermuda. The amber pen shell has a pair of long, thin, and translucent valves and is triangular, fan, or wedge shaped, with a point at one end and a curved and ragged end at the other extremity. The hinge is along the straight side. It has the potential to grow to about 16 inches long though it usually...
