Few things can strike fear into the heart of a banana farmer more than finding an infestation of the banana weevil. Females of this coffee bean–sized insect lay their eggs between the plant’s ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames. By Gennaro Tomma Living things have long needed to find ways to ...

Vine weevils (Otiorhyncus sulcatus) are brownish-black insects, around 1cm long, with jointed antennae and pale-brown flecks on their backs. Like aphids, the females do not need males to reproduce, so ...

Ms Abubakar, who had been based in PNG since 2023 and worked for what police described as a "legitimate business", was arrested by AFP officers when she got off a flight at Brisbane Airport on ...

“Some beetles like weevils are attracted to gardens and other plants that they eat,” Pearson said. “Palo verde beetles are specifically attracted to palo verde trees, where they lay their ...

Rice farmers must remain vigilant lest beetles, borers, leaffolders, planthoppers, or weevils gain a foothold. Horticulturalists are at war with the oriental fruit fly. A man in March 2023 stands ...

Heterorhabditis bacteriophora: This species targets pests in the root zone, including white grubs (such as Japanese beetle larvae and chafer beetles), root weevils, corn rootworms, and other ...

Kansas Gov. Kelly vetoed a bill restricting SNAP benefits for candy and soda, then seemingly inadvertently requested the same restriction from the USDA. Despite the veto, Republicans ultimately ...

The scientists used a vacuum and filter to capture the volatile chemicals emitted by the Zamia cycads at hourly intervals; they logged the temperature of the cycad cones, videoed the weevils ...