by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Oct 14, 2011 | entomology
Phorid Fly I have yet to meet a person that likes fire ants. The stinging menaces cost Texas around $5.6 billion a year in damages and injuries. If you are one of the people with life threatening allergic reactions to them, fire ants can cost you your life. They are...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Oct 7, 2011 | entomology
Many people are afraid of spiders. I think they are fascinating. Come on, how would you react to a story about a creature that spits stuff out of its butt and uses it to make a trap for its food? In Texas, there are only two spiders that are able to make people...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Sep 1, 2011 | entomology
Walnut Sphinx Moth I am an amateur entomologist, or bug geek. One of the things I do regularly is help people identify a bug. Usually, they want to know how to kill it, but sometimes, they just want to know what it is. Below are some ways to narrow the...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 2, 2011 | entomology
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug by David R. Lance, USDA APHIS PPQ, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Stink bugs, in one form or another, are pests on most agricultural products. They damage things as different as peaches, pecans,...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 4, 2011 | entomology
When I walk outside to get the mail, the grass seethes and moves as small grasshoppers jump out of the way. It is a lot like the parting of the Red Sea. Of course, when this happens, the first question everyone has is how to get rid of the little buggers. Difficult...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 9, 2011 | entomology
Asian Tiger Mosquito Image by WikiImages from Pixabay The picture I grew up with of mosquito control is of a slow-moving vehicle spraying poison out the back while children ran along behind and played in the spray. This does not exactly conform to best practices for...
