Changes in weather, when temperatures heat up or the central heating goes on, can exacerbate the problem - Getty They may be miniscule but they can cause major disruption. Moths are determined ...
It's never fun finding that your home has unwelcome visitors, however, discovering that moths have eaten through your favourite clothes might top the list of the most devastating pest problems. From ...
Mothballs only help prevent spiders by keeping one of their food sources (moths) away. Here's how experts actually recommend ...
Moths are among the most feared invasive insect pest species. They are the major damaging pests of annual and perennial fibre and food crops, forest products and stored food commodities throughout the ...
New biological insecticides have emerged in recent years which make use of so-called "entomopathogenic" viruses that are harmful to insects, in particular the baculovirus. To identify the virus in ...
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(CN) – Researchers at Cornell University hope to tackle a small pest and a big problem that has plagued agriculture since the 1800s: controlling the destructive diamondback moth through genetic ...
Scientists have released a "self-limiting," genetically engineered moth in hopes of curbing crop damage. The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) can absolutely wreck brassicas—a plant genus that ...
Farmers are hoping for a cool, wet spring to halt a three-year population explosion of a pest which has the potential to ...