This week’s two-day heat wave combined with Wednesday’s west winds brought on an infrequent but decades-old nuisance in Manasquan, where the beach was abuzz with biting black flies. Source: NJ.com
Deadly âKissing Bugâ Threat Heading To New Jersey (via r20.rs6.net)
It may have a cute name, but an invasive insect can spread a lethal disease – and it’s been moving closer to our area. Source: r20.rs6.net
Rodent-infested high school scored 100 on inspection weeks before closure (via http://www.wmcactionnews5.com)
For a third consecutive day, a Shelby County Schools high school did not allow students in the building. Source: http://www.wmcactionnews5.com
Head lice treatment technology developed by University of Utah professor (via GOOD4UTAH)
MURRAY, Utah (News4Utah) — September is Lice Awareness Month. Head lice can be a big fear for families especially as kids go back to school. One local researcher and doctor believes he discovered a cure-all. Source: GOOD4UTAH
An NYPD ‘Bee Cop’ Explains How to Calm Down Thousands of Swarming Bees (via Vice)
Officer Darren Mays talks about how he became part of the two-man team, and what it’s like to coax 35,000 stinging insects into a vacuum. Source: Vice
The Most Painful Place to Get Stung by a Bee | Reader’s Digest (via Reader’s Digest)
Bee stings are painful no matter where they are on your body. But some areas are more sensitive than others, according to this experiment. Source: Reader’s Digest
Hotter temperatures mean hungry bugs headed right at our food (via NBC News)
The future may bring plagues of locusts to devastate crops as global warming worsens, these experts say. Source: NBC News
Pest Control Information from Expert Exterminators (via www.pestworld.org)
PestWorld offers pest management and control information, and can help you find an exterminator near you. Source: www.pestworld.org
Man who lost leg after spider bite finds hope, healing (via WAGA)
Lamar Hepinstall is still trying to come back from a spider bite 7 years ago. Source: WAGA
Destructive Asian gypsy moth eggs found on ships in port of Baltimore (via baltimoresun.com)
Three egg masses of the destructive Asian gypsy moth were discovered on a vehicle transport ship in the port of Baltimore earlier this month. Source: baltimoresun.com
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