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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WFMY)-- Everyone is seeing them. A small, flying insect that looks like a tick, but it's not. Experts say the bug is called a weevil. They can't hurt you and it doesn't spread ...

Winter may look like a quiet timeout for the garden, but beneath the surface it’s more like a survival reality show packed ...

Moths, beetles, grain mites, and weevils are commonly found around food storage. Dry goods serve as the main food source for moths, beetles, grain mites, and weevils. If there is evidence of these ...

Sunflower is a native plant in the High Plains region and as a result, sunflower insect pests are also native. These insect pests feed and survive on both wild and domestic (cultivated) sunflower ...

The pepper weevil (Anthonomous eugenii Cano) is a destructive invasive insect pest of cultivated peppers in the southeastern United States. Adult pepper weevils feed on fruit and leaf buds and lay ...

There's a surprising method of protecting houseplants from common pests, and it may already be hiding in your medicine ...

Stink bugs get an understandably bad rap, thanks to their smelly defense mechanism. Here's how to identify the harmful ones ...

What do you do if a South American weed is choking up your local Australian waterways? In the case of the cabomba plant, scientists are enlisting the help of the weed's natural South American enemy, ...

Neem oil is a gentle, effective way to keep bugs off your plants. It works against aphids, spider mites, and whiteflies, and ...

Battles and watchful monitoring continue, but the Boll Weevil Eradication Program is winning with the help of Texas A&M AgriLife and the Department of Entomology in the Texas A&M College of ...