Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
During the daytime hours streetlights and other forms of public lighting are obviously not necessary. But at night entire cities become illuminated with artificial light. This artificial light is known as “light pollution”. Light pollution, as the term suggests, has a...
Jan 11, 2018 | Blog
Given the many problems that insect pests have been causing for the past few years it is no wonder that many scientists and researchers are pessimistic about possible improvements concerning future pest-related issues. There is good reason to think that the past...
Dec 28, 2017 | Blog
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past three months you have certainly heard about the insect population crisis. A few months back German researchers reported that insect populations had decreased by seventy five percent in certain German national...
Dec 19, 2017 | Blog
The vast majority of Christmas trees sold in the United States carry little risk of insect infestation, and certainly not invasive insect infestation. However, there always seems to be an exception to the rule. In this case that exception would be Christmas trees from...
Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
Two new species of butterfly were discovered in Russia. Initially it was believed that the new species were already in the books. But after a twenty year study concerning all butterflies in Russia two researchers confirm the two species as new. These recently...