Category Archives: Other pests
Baaaad boy! Bad snails.
Seems like every month brings a new horror story in the land of exotic pests. This one is fascinating and illustrates how a seemingly innocuous action like bringing some soil, seeds, plants or other critter home from vacation can have unforeseen and disastrous consequences. Giant African land snails have been found for the second time in the Miami, Florida area. According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Science, the last time this happened was in 1966 when a boy smuggled a few snails into Miami as pets. After… Read More →
Icky ticks
What could be more icky than finding a tick on yourself, your child or your pet? Now there’s a new web application called “TickApp” that provides quick information about everything you need to know about ticks. Researchers and extension specialists at Texas A&M University developed TickApp as a smart-phone friendly website to provide information about ticks. Anyone with access to the Internet at home or on their smart phone can access it at http://tickapp.tamu.edu. “Ticks are blood-feeding parasites capable of causing irritation, inflammation and infection in animals and… Read More →
Ah, for the midgy days of summer
After the past few weeks of cold weather, it’s natural to day dream a little about the warm, pleasant days of late spring and summer. At least that’s how we think of them when it’s cold enough to freeze a catfish. We want to remember cool lemonades in the shade, evening baseball games and fireworks. We tend to forget the 100 degree days, weeds and lawns that won’t stop growing, chiggers, mosquitoes and midges. Well, if you’re lucky enough to live next to a lake or pond, you… Read More →
