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It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days ago“No Mow May” was started in 2019 by Plantlife, a conservation charity based in the United Kingdom, in response to a well-documented loss of meadows and an alarming decline of native plants and ...
Dakota Gardener: Managing earthworm damage in lawns
The Bismarck Tribune· 5 days agoApril showers bring May flowers. Spring rains also bring the first sightings of earthworms on driveways and sidewalks. While this is good fortune for the...
Nature Notes: Russian olives: ornamentals or weeds?
Elko Daily Free Press· 4 days agoColorado, New Mexico and five Utah counties have declared this tree to be a noxious weed. What do you think?
Cicada hatch 2024: Here's why they're showing up in unexpected places in Mississippi
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"It's not new distribution," said Blake Layton, Mississippi State University Extension entomology specialist. "It's not that they're in new places. "There's been a lot more ...
It’s likely to be an aggressive summer for ticks in KY. Here’s what to look out for
Lexington Herald-Leader· 1 day agoThe outlook is bad news for hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts.
Rainfall totals and rising temperatures mean more mosquitos this year
Eyewitness News 3 Hartford· 4 days agoRainfall totals are to blame if you have noticed mosquitoes out earlier than usual. Researchers in...
Flies Can Dig For Corpses 2 Meters Deep And Enter Coffins To Lay Eggs
IFLScience· 5 days agoDying is a cloud that looms over us all, but it’s safe to say that the insects have found its silver...
Ticks needed for research; university asking for help
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMay 15—In an attempt to advance public health research, a university is asking residents of Kentucky for donations of ticks. Those small, wingless, blood-sucking arachnids that burrow into a ...
Sandy Parrill: Joplin area may miss rare entomological treat
The Joplin Globe· 4 days agoA good share of the Midwest is experiencing the Invasion of the Screaming Cicadas, aka...
Periodical cicadas are emerging across the United States but not affecting Kansas
WIBW Topeka· 7 days ago...17 years as nymphs in the soil feeding primarily on plant roots and then they come out and they, as nymphs, latch on to structures and then the adults emerge and the adults fly around, they live about 2 weeks, and the males and females mate and then the female will lay eggs on a pencil-sized...