Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Sipha maydis, an aphid pest of grasses, found in Colorado

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Sipha maydis, a cereal and grass aphid native to Europe, the Middle East, Asia and parts of Africa, was first found outside of its native ra...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Invasive Asian and Formosan termites team-up to form superswarms and are beginning to hybridize

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Formosan subterranean termites ( Coptotermes formosanus ) and Asian subterranean termites ( C. gestroi ) are from two separate parts of Asia...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

World Register of Introduced Marine Species

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A catalog of more than a thousand alien species found in Earth’s oceans launched this week. The World Register of Introduced Marine Species...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Pythons wipe out rabbits—and probably much more—in Everglades

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See new article here:  http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2015/03/pythons-wipe-out-rabbits-and-probably-much-more-everglades
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

2015 FWC/IFAS Research Review for Invasive Plants in Florida

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The   Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Invasive Plant Management Section   and the  University of Florida Institut...

Massive die-off of Sierra Nevada trees; With drought comes beetles

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Thousands of acres on public and private lands are home to dead and dying trees, and this makes forestry and fire officials concerned.  West...

Leaf odor attracts Drosophila suzukii

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See article here: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-leaf-odor-drosophila-suzukii.html  and here:  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs108...