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Need to patch a hole in a screen door? DIY screen repair is easier than you think! Don’t deal with insect infestations this summer. Watch our video now. Source: bit.ly

The record-breaking wet winter has been a bonanza for black widows, daddy long legs, and other arachnids. Source: r20.rs6.net

New time-lapse footage shows how ants can get around by using their own bodies to build moving towers. Source: WMAR

Bourbon virus was discovered in 2014 after a man living in Bourbon County in eastern Kansas came down with flu-like symptoms and later died after being bitten by ticks. Source: stltoday.com

Positive samples were collected in Harrisburg and Swatara Twp. Last month, positive samples were collected in Lemoyne and East Pennsboro Twp., Cumberland County. Source: PennLive.com

Once summer rolls around, and you find yourself hiking in the woods or walking in the park, it’s important to be on the lookout for ticks, as well as the early signs of Lyme disease. “Lyme disease is a bacterial infection primarily transmitted by dee… Source: Bustle/

WEST HAVEN — With a reported increase in ticks, concern is growing for Lyme and other tick borne diseases, but researchers may be one step closer to a cure. Dr. Eva Sapi, Chairwoman of the Department of Biology and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven believes the sweetener, Stevia, may be the ingredient for a cure. Source: FOX 61

Rats crawling inside her walls, feces all over the place, and a stench so bad, it was making her sick. Source: KNXV

The Department of Public Health is spreading awareness about rabies after a few local exposure cases.“In the past two weeks, we have Seen a pet exposed to a rabid raccoon and people exposed to what are being treated as potentially infected bats,” said Sout Source: WFXL

When the seasons change (albeit mildly in Northern California) and the weather warms, it can sometimes Seem as if spiders have appeared with a vengeance. Source: KCRA