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Asian Citrus Psyllid found in Stanislaus County
The following press release was distributed by Stanislaus County's Agricultural Commissioner's Office on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. Modesto, October 29, 2015 – The Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner, in cooperation with the California...
Halloween, Bats and Myths
Halloween is the perfect time to talk about bats, since many people hang spooky bat decorations depicting them as black, blood-sucking, mysterious creatures flying over a haunted house. But did you know that bats are actually beneficial and eat insects?...
A Sticky Situation on Hackberry Trees
If your neighborhood has Chinese hackberry trees, chances are you've noticed a sticky substance on cars, parking lots and sidewalks. The sticky substance is called honeydew, and might be caused by a pest called the hackberry woolly aphid. Hackberry...
Head Lice: an Itchy Topic
The mere mention of head lice might make feel you itchy and start to scratch your head. However, now that children are back in school, it's a good time to talk about these tiny pests. Although head lice can infest anyone, children are the most...
Flies are Pollinators!
Will all the pollinators please stand up! Or do a fly-by like the Blue Angels or a crawl-by like babies competing in a diaper derby. Bees--there are more than 4000 of them in North America--are the main pollinators, but don't overlook butterflies,...