Kansas City Star5d
What’s a degree day? Do the math and your veggie crops, blooms, will soon thank you
Be they squash bugs, squash vine borers, cucumber beetles, aphids, Japanese beetles or other garden foes, nearly all gardeners have tales of how their once-pristine crops came to be ravaged by an ...
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The Invasive Emerald Ash Borer’s Impact on US Ecosystems
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), scientifically known as Agrilus planipennis, is an invasive beetle species native to northeastern Asia. It was first detected in North America near Detroit, Michigan, in ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Smuggled live beetles found stashed inside Japanese snacks at LAX, officials say
Hidden inside the bundle were insects not fit for consumption, but ideal for exotic beetle enthusiasts. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 37 giant live beetles ...
USA Today6d
37 large live beetles found hidden in snacks at Los Angeles airport
More than three dozen live beetles, nearly the length of the average human hand, were discovered at a Southern California airport during a routine inspection, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Popular Science6d
Smugglers try to disguise giant beetles as Japanese snacks, unsuccessfully
It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: you open a bag of potato chips hoping for a snack, only to find a 6-inch-long stag beetle crawling inside the container. Now multiply that scenario 37 times.
ABC 7 Chicago6d
37 live giant beetles found inside Japanese snack packets at LAX
LOS ANGELES -- At least 37 giant live beetles measuring 4 to 5 inches have been found concealed inside of multiple packages of Japanese snacks, potato chips and chocolate at Los Angeles ...