Friday, April 22, 2016

Termites & Other Wood-Destroying Insects: Fact or Fiction?

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Fact or Fiction? Subterranean termites feed only on wood. FICTION! Subterranean termites will eat any material containing cellulose . It...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

What Wood Termites Prefer

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Subterranean termite worker (Patty McKeithan Alder, NCSU) Each year, termites cause an estimated $40 billion in damage globally and dama...
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Dr. Mike Waldvogel Receives IPM Award

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A big congratulations to Dr. Mike Waldvogel!  He received the the 2016 Southern Region IPM Center "Friends of IPM – IPM Educator...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Final Rule Will Clarify and Improve the Transparency of Ingredients in Minimum Risk Pesticide Products

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The Environmental Protection Agency has published a rule to clarify the substances on the minimum risk pesticide ingredient list and the way...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

Managing Bed Bugs in Multifamily Housing

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A community-wide bed bug management program was evaluated in a study just published by Richard Cooper, Changlu Wang, and Narinderpal Singh. ...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease in North Carolina

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By now, you’ve probably heard news reports out of Texas and now North Carolina, about a "deadly" insect, the kissing bug. The bug...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus

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Many of you may have seen the report that someone in NC has died from West Nile Virus (WNV). Although the NC Department of Human and Health...
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