Your socks are critical to your outdoor wardrobe—these are your first line of defense against ticks. If you are hiking, ...

Insect-based foods face major barriers, including taste, cost, and cultural acceptance, that limit their potential to replace ...

Cornmeal has been suggested by some as a tool to help resolve ant infestations. However, pest control pros say it won't kill, ...

The City of Abilene will continue spraying insecticide late Thursday evening between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. After a mosquito tested positive during a routine trapping and testing, the City first ...

A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a study in the Journal of Economic Entomology shows.

If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might need to enlist a ...

DeVries and his co-authors tested four consumer products in multiple different application scenarios: Raid Ant & Roach Killer 26; Hot Shot Ant, Roach & Spider Killer; Ortho Home Defense Insect ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Mosquito Management Program will do insecticide spraying on the evening of Thursday, August 29 in an area of eastern Connecticut ...

By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! A delayed happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there in the ...

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Spray shoes with permethrin, an insecticide, once a month, says public health entomologist Thomas Mather, who goes by the nickname “The Tick Guy." May 8, 2025. 4 min. Summary (iStock) ...