LSU researchers are collaborating with other states to share information and management tools for invasive species, using new ...

Q: When do agave weevils turn into grubs so I can time the treatment to the soil with a pesticide at the correct time? A: Agave weevil control is done from about the middle of April until the middle ...

Area research institutions are revving up their studies in an effort to find a way to stop a bug that has been destroying Canary Island date palm trees in La Jolla and elsewhere in San Diego County in ...

The South American palm weevil is a very small bug that has the potential to cause very big problems. Native to Mexico, Central America, and South America, this invasive weevil eats the foliage of ...

For the first time, researchers in Canada have investigated the use of the sterile insect technique for controlling populations of the pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii, an economically significant ...

The citrus root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus) is a new invasive insect pest of specialty crops in Leon County. First specimens of the insect were collected at the FAMU Center for Viticulture and ...

Boll weevils plagued the cotton industry throughout much of the Cotton Belt for almost a century before entomologists and producers executed one of the most successful pest eradication programs in the ...

Question: My white pine tree is turning brown on the tip. Do you have any idea of what may be going on or what I can spray? Answer: A smaller than normal size of a leader branch, followed by wilting, ...

The red palm weevil can devastate the valuable date palm plantations of the Middle East. Yet, date producers are still hesitant to apply new technologies that can control this invasive pest. A recent ...

If you manage fields with alfalfa, now is the time to be scouting for alfalfa weevil larvae in northern Indiana. Christian Krupke, Purdue Field Crops Pest Management Specialist, recently said that ...

Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife ...