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Bug experts seeking new name for destructive gypsy moths

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Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. ...

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

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BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

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BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...

Dead ‘murder hornet’ near Seattle is 1st found in US in 2021

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SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the country this...

Mysterious black substance on Wells Beach is many dead bugs

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WELLS, Maine — Scientists have determined that a black substance that had settled near the shore line over several days at a beach in...

Milkweed planted in California to help monarch butterflies

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SAN FRANCISCO — A conservation group is planting more than 30,000 milkweed plants in California in the hope of giving Western monarch butterflies new...

Three common garden pests — and a 17-year visitor who isn’t

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OK, so you’ve got your vegetable and flower transplants in the ground, their roots are reaching out into surrounding soil, and stems are starting...

After an absence, ticks are back, and they’re hungry

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PORTLAND, Maine — A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they're back with a vengeance this spring. ...

Freaked by cicada swarms? You could just stick a fork in ’em

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NEW YORK — Cicadas are poised to infest whole swaths of American backyards this summer. Maybe it's time they invaded your kitchen. ...

A pizza recipe with artichoke, mozzarella — and cicadas

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David George Gordon, author of the “Eat-a-Bug Cookbook,”...