agricultural pest insects
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Spotted Lanternflies Are Innocent???
Everyone’s favourite squishable pest—the spotted lanternfly—might be less of a nuisance than we thought, new research suggests. The four-year-long study found that the insects caused little to no long-term damage to a variety of different tree species. The authors say the invasive bugs should still be carefully managed to limit their potential harm, but also…
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If You Need Another Reason To Hate Stink Bugs, They’re Now Holding Up Australian Car Shipments
The brown marmorated stink bug is a pest that truly unites the world. We have them here in the United States of course, but apparently they also pose a daily annoyance to our neighbours in Europe and Asia. Their global ubiquity is owed to their ability to lie dormant for months, before temperatures rise and…