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• Generally, most pruning of trees and shrubs is best done in late winter. Spring-blooming shrubs should be pruned after ...
These animals evolved to be ‘ultrablack’—here’s why
An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...
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From fire ants to squirrels: Critters are on the move with the rising temperatures in Augusta
“I would say that fire ants are the biggest pest because they bite and are plentiful.” “The scale insect is an exotic insect,” he said. “Those are parasitic insects that'll start moving ...
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Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms
A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.
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Ants, facts and information
Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...
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Douglas Williams, entomologist whose work on scale insects helped global food security
Williams: to any question that did not involve scale insects, his usual answer was ‘I’ll think about it’ ...
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Velvet ants: flamboyant and fuzzy with extreme PPE
How painful is a velvet ant's sting? A velvet ant's defensive sting is delivered through a stinger that is up to half the length of its body. The Pain Scale for Stinging Insects ranks the discomfort ...
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Douglas Williams, entomologist whose work on scale insects helped global food security
This travel probably stimulated his wide geographical knowledge of scale insects. An ant with a mealybug Credit: Alamy In the Navy, Williams took correspondence courses in agriculture. In 1946 he ...