SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – If you’re asking if all our rain has helped or hurt the warmer weather-mosquito issue, the answer is the rain has washed away what would have been a standing water problem in many areas. It also means problem areas where it might not have otherwise collected, have you checked that discarded tire leaning up against the… … Read More
Expert Warns About Lyme Disease And New Jersey’s Uptick In Ticks (via r20.rs6.net)
A Rugers University tick expert explains how New Jersey is a perfect habitat for the explosion of deer ticks, the bug that spreads the disease. CBSN New York’s Meg Baker reports. Source: r20.rs6.net
This Insect’s Sting Is so Bad, Experts Say You Should Just ‘Lie Down and Scream’ (via www.theepochtimes.com)
“Just lie down and scream.” That’s the advice of a peer-reviewed journal if you’re bitten by the nefarious … Source: www.theepochtimes.com
Giant oak tree crashes into Lakeview yard, termite damage the cause, homeowner says (via WWL)
Breaux said there were no injuries, but his daughter had been playing where the tree fell only 20 minutes earlier. Source: WWL
A woman crashed her car after Seeing a spider and panicking (via INSIDER)
Spiders, authorities said, are a “contributing factor that is not covered too often” when talking about motor vehicle accidents. Source: INSIDER
Some Commerce City parents frustrated with how middle school handled bed bug problem (via FOX31 Denver)
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Some parents of students at a Commerce City middle school are frustrated with how a bed bug problem was handled. Adams City Middle School administrators said that as soon as Orkin Pest Control confirmed a bed bug issue on Thursday, parents were notified. The seven rooms affected were sealed off and will be treated Saturday morning, … Read More
Bedbug infestation causes closure of Florence community room (via WWLP)
The Northampton Housing Authority has closed down the community room at Florence’s Forsander Apartments due to bedbugs infestation. Source: WWLP
Bedbug infestation closes Southwest Philadelphia charter school (via https://www.philly.com)
Pest control specialists have been called in to address the problem at the Southwest Leadership Academy. Source: https://www.philly.com
Winter showers bring spring flowers . . . and more bugs? (via azcentral)
Phoenix experienced a wet winter, especially in February. Will that wet weather result in our swatting more mosquitoes this spring and summer? Source: azcentral
Tick Numbers On The Rise As Warmer Weather Moves Into The Area (via Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | 5newsonline KFSM 5NEWS)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KFSM) — With a mild winter and warmer spring temps, tick season is expected to be bad this year. Avid outdoorsman Rick Spicer got bit by a tick two years ago. He went a week without thinking much about it, but after getting a fever and severe aches and pains, he went to the doctor and was diagnosed … Read More
