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It’s October and that means it’s my favorite season of the year: spider season! Living in Georgia (USA), we are still under siege from the invasive Joro spider . It is actually a very pretty spider that builds big orb-shaped webs. While these are beneficial (I am pretty sure we had next to no mosquito issues this summer because of all these webspinners), they are very abundant. People don’t like them near their structures, and there is the “ick” factor of walking through one

I’ve had kissing bugs hitting my newsfeed like crazy, so now’s a great time for a primer on bugs.   To start with, there are just shy of...

I heard a new term yesterday, and I figured it was an internet hoax. You know what happens next: I had to investigate and look it up....

I grew up in New England (I’m a Yankee), and one thing I really miss from there is heading to a lobster shack for dinner, which starts in...

It’s election day here in the US, if you haven’t voted already, please go vote! In honor of election day, you should vote for your...

I’m in FL …. for now*. We’ve got hurricane Milton coming for us and hurricane Helene was just a couple weeks ago. This is a perfect time...

Much of the US is under an early heat wave right now. I know where I am, temperatures are much higher than normal for this early in the...

I remember my first entomology class in college. I was super excited because we had to do an insect collection. This meant I got to be...

It’s a bit chilly in many parts of the US. Not just here, even the Mediterranean had snow recently! One of the many challenges of pest...