I’ve been getting a lot of email in the past two weeks about “worms” and “caterpillars” in listeners’ yards. I also received messages and a few phone calls on last weekend’s GardenLine show about moths hovering about in the early morning hours. And I’ve been looking at a few turf samples in my consulting business that obviously weren’t damaged by chinch bugs, take-all patch or brownpatch.

Many homeowners bring potted plants indoors before freezing temperatures arrive. Growing tender perennials and tropical plants in pots enables them to be enjoyed outdoors during the summer and inside throughout winter’s colder months. But sometimes potted plants bring with them unwanted hitchhikers—insect pests that can thrive in the warms confines of sunrooms and sunny windowsills.

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Chikungunya, the mosquito-borne virus that continues to spread throughout the Caribbean, has now arrived in the USA. Florida health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired cases of the painful disease. This means mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland have become infected with the disease and are now spreading it to people that they bite. “It

BALTIMORE, July 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The summer mosquito season is in full force, and as the weather heats up and summer rains fall, mosquitoes are at their peak season of breeding. The greater the mosquito population, the more chances there are of getting bitten by the bothersome, disease-carrying pests. So the heat of summertime is

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There is no vaccine for the disease, so mosquito control is the key Chikungunya has arrived in the U.S., and it’s going to be painful for those who contract the disease. Chikungunya—also known as “chik-v”—is a new mosquito-borne virus that has been sweeping through the Caribbean since December 2013. Health experts report as many as