Invasive plants and animals can be the scourge of the farmer, rancher, and home gardener. A new pest has been identified in ...

From poinsettias to African violets, some houseplants seem to roll out the welcome mat for mealybugs. Here are which ones to ...

The pasture mealybug is an invasive insect that originates from Australia. It’s recently been found in fields from the Rio Grande Valley to east of Houston. Farmers and entomologists alike are looking ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned of a “newly detected and highly damaging pest.” According to the commissioner’s office, the pasture mealybug, aka ...

A never-before-seen invasive pest has reached Texas, and state officials warn it could devastate pastures and livestock ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued an urgent alert to producers across the state to inspect their pastures for a newly detected and highly damaging pest: the pasture mealybug ...

Texas issued an urgent alert to producers to inspect their pastures for a newly detected and highly damaging pest: the ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Mar., 2001), pp. 112-116 (5 pages) The parasitoid Anagyrus kamali Moursi [Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae] has been recently introduced into the Caribbean as a ...

Most members of the large Hemipteran suborder Sternorrhyncha (aphids, whiteflies, psyllids, scales and mealybugs) feed on nutrient-deficient plant sap, and appear to fortify their diet with the ...

The ability of life forms to co-opt each other has taken a novel twist: Scientists have provided the first proof that a bacterium takes up long-term residence inside another bacterium. Both the host ...