Place the drops about 12 inches apart five feet on either side of the trap. Look for baits that contain an insect growth regulator (IGR), which affects their reproductive abilities.

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It’s common to notice a sudden itch or mysterious rash when coming home after a summer outing, but the type of itch, its intensity and appearance tell us a lot about what kind of insect bit us.

Since then, mosquito-borne disease scares have been few and far between, but not nonexistent. The last scare was the 2016 Zika outbreak, with six reported cases in Brownsville, near the bottom tip ...

In a new study, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have unravelled the mystery behind how the lac insect produces laccaic acid that is used to make lac pigment.

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