Residents in Pasco recently received a treatment form from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) seeking consent to spray pesticides. The effort aims to stop the ...

State experts say 100% of the yards in the treatment zone must be sprayed by a licensed applicator with the insecticide ...

Household insects, while often small, can be significant nuisances, causing discomfort and even health issues. Instead of ...

Beetles are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet, so you shouldn’t be surprised to find many different kinds thriving in your garden. Here’s how to separate the good, the bad, and the ...

Japanese black pine trees may be visually stunning, but growing them successfully entails knowing know what pests and diseases they're most susceptible to.

The Japanese Beetle first showed up in the US in 1916 ... Now the WSDA is ramping up efforts to begin to get rid of these beetles. Three of them were trapped near Grandview in 2020, in 2021, 24,000.

When we get sick with the flu, many of us pop a pill, put on some pajamas and hide in bed till we feel better—but some of the traditional flu remedies our parents and grandparents turned to ...

The beetles are established in eastern provinces and were first spotted in B.C. in 2017, in Vancouver's False Creek neighbourhood. The next year, the CFIA reported over 8,200 Japanese beetles in ...

Efforts to knock down invasive Japanese beetle in Vancouver appear to be working The beetles are established in eastern provinces and were first spotted in B.C. in 2017, in Vancouver's False Creek ...

But they're also warning that the work is far from over with its detection in other areas of B.C. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the organization responsible for trapping the ...