Ticks Still Threat to Pets, Owners (via WNEP.com)

HONESDALE, Pa. — Even though it’s going to get colder soon, the threat of ticks and spreading Lyme disease isn’t going away. While Harley is out for a walk in Central Park in Honesdale, his owner Autumn Delong-Vanderhoff is mindful of the chance he could be picking up more than he bargained for. Source: WNEP.com

WSDA snares Asian gypsy moth; egg hunt is on (via Capital Press)

A rare Asian gypsy moth was trapped recently near Lake Martha in Snohomish County, only the second time in the past two decades that the more-dangerous kin to the European gypsy moth has been found in the state.Even one Asian gypsy moth could be reason enough to spray pesticide over the area, though Source: Capital Press