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Wood affected by woodworm. Signs of woodworm usually consist of holes in the wooden item, with live infestations showing powder (faeces), known as frass, around the holes.. The size of the holes varies, but they are typically 1 to 1.5 millimetres (5 ⁄ 128 to 1 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter for the most common household species, although they can be much larger in the case of the house longhorn beet
According to Raymond Cloyd, entomology professor at Kansas State University, there was a bad infestation of fall armyworms in Kansas in 2022. “They caused substantial damage, entire lawns and ...
Aug. 26—Army worms are on the march, leaving damaged lawns and plants in their wake, but experts say there are ways to get rid of them. "It's almost the perfect environment, because we have all ...
Woodworm holes and burrows exposed in wooden floorboard. The first step in pest control is prevention. Particularly important in this respect is to keep the timber dry - below 16% moisture content. A relative humidity within the building above 60% may lead to an infestation, and timber moisture content below 12% is too dry for an infection to ...
Fragment of a broomstick affected by woodworm. Woodboring beetles are commonly detected a few years after new construction. The lumber supply may have contained wood infected with beetle eggs or larvae, and since beetle life cycles can be one or more years, several years may pass before the presence of beetles becomes noticeable.
There’s an invasive species of worm making itself known in Texas once again—the hammerhead flatworm. These worms are toxic, hard to kill, and dangerous to native critters like earthworms, but ...
In January 2019, a heavy infestation of fall armyworm was recorded in corn plantations in Sri Lanka. [23] The pest was first detected in China in the southwest province of Yunnan in January 2019 [24] (or June 2019). [22] Through 2019, the pest infested a total of 26 provinces. The armyworm is expected in 2020 to hit China's Northeast wheat belt.
Scientists have some good news for rats and some bad news for city dwellers. Rat populations are rising in cities including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, reports a study released Friday ...