The following is an excerpt from: Urban-IPM
31
May
2015
Flooding & Fire Ants
21
May
2015
Ticks in Austin
Ticks are starting to come out and it’s important that you know what to do besides freak out like I am prone to do. When I was 15 I was working cattle in East Texas and came home covered in blood and ticks (de-horning cattle, not my blood). 3 weeks […]
21
May
2015
Dealing with Mosquitoes in Austin
With all the rain we’ve had I know someone out there has already been the main course for the dreaded mosquito hordes. I think my hubby lost a quart of blood just being in the garage yesterday. When the skeeters come out to play, it’s time to get serious about mosquito […]
The following is an excerpt from: Urban-IPM
07
May
2015
What is a Wasp-Hornet-Yellowjacket-Bee?
The following is an excerpt from: http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/4DMG/Pests/whatis.htm By Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Entomology One of the most common questions regarding insect classification surrounds the differences between the various stinging wasps and bees. This is a good taxonomic question that gets a bit muddled from the common names […]
