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Broward County issues mosquito alert
(June
4, 2009
)
BROWARD COUNTY - All the rain during the past three weeks has bought on the inevitable: a big jump in the mosquito population.
The Broward County Health Department issued a warning Wednesday urging people to protect themselves from the biting nuisances, which can transmit illnesses such as West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis.
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Invasion
of fig whitefly threatens South
Florida ficus plants
Voracious invaders are sweeping across South Florida, pushing their way northward and devouring the landscape. It might sound like the script for a summer thriller. But the villains actually are tiny fig whiteflies. And they are laying waste to ubiquitous ficus trees and hedges from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach County.
Click here for Sun-Sentinel News Article on Fig Whitefly
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Man in Okeechobee dies after 100+
bee stings (Saturday,
April 12, 2008)
— A 51-year-old Okeechobee man who died Thursday apparently is the state's first victim of Africanized honeybees.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ---Brought
into Florida as pets, iguanas are a
good example of how exotic animals
can become a nuisance in the state,
says a University of Florida pest
management specialist.
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UF research: Termite digestion findings could lead to new strategies for ethanol production, pest control
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Bed Bugs!! Are
they already in your
home?
Bed bugs are back in big city hotels!
