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Since the 1940s, the animated cartoon character Woody Woodpecker has been entertaining audiences with screwball plots and sight gags. And although Woody was based on an Acorn Woodpecker, a type of bird that eats a diet heavy in acorns, he is ...

Research from the University of Florida suggests that these pests might hold the secret to converting tough plant material into renewable fuel. There are plenty of reasons for some people to despise termites, but this may finally be one reason ...

Termites can chew through wood at rapid speeds. They can be a huge nuisance in your home or on your property. Termite Identification is important because the quicker you identify what species you are dealing with, the quicker you can ...

The woodworm is the name of the larval stage of many species of wood burrowing beetles. The beetle is most notorious during this phase of their life cycle, mostly because of their unstoppable hunger for wood. Burrowing into trees, fences, ...

Mankind has only developed complex farming techniques in the last 10,000 years, while termites and other insects have developed their agricultural techniques for millions of years. Many argue that monoculture, the growing of a single crop, is an unsustainable practice. ...

Most of you who have ever lived or spent time outdoors, especially in wooded or grassy areas, have almost surely come into contact with ticks at some point. Although commonly mislabeled as insects, ticks are actually arachnids like scorpions and ...

The giant wood wasp, known officially as Urocerus gigas, is also referred to as the wood wasp, the banded horntail, and the greater horntail. There are dozens of species of wood wasps throughout California, Oregon, and Washington all ...

Companies that claim to rid your home of termites are regulated and licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service's Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control. What does that mouthful mean? It means that pest control is an important ...

When you think of insects in relation to wood, I think it's safe to say termites come to mind. But they don't deserve all the credit. As their name suggests, Wood Borers, which encompass a variety of insects and ...