This article by Jerry Cates was first published on 25 December 2014, and last revised on 28 March 2022. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:12(02): Summary: The author describes the utilization by EntomoBiotics Inc. of advanced investigatory methods that utilize modern forensic equipment and techniques. He discusses the history of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and IPM’s oftentimes ...

This article by Jerry Cates was first published on 1 December 2014, and last revised on 8 April 2022. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:12(01): Abstract: The author reports on a group of spiders recently observed in Marble Falls, Texas. They were found at a commercial structure, inhabiting a communal web attached to the ceiling of an exterior vestibule. Individual spiders ...

This article by Jerry Cates was first published on 18 August 2014, and last revised on 13 October 2014. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:08(01) Summary: In this article the author reports on specimens of small (2.7-3.4 mm in length) stinging ants collected from two locations in Williamson County, Texas, members of the Formicidae subfamily Myrmicinae and identified as the penny ant, Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846). This ...

This article by Jerry Cates was first published on 25 June 2014, and last revised on 20 July 2014. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:06(01) —————————- My professional work in the field of entomological research began in the early 1960’s. Between 1963 and 1967 I studied the biology of anopheline and culicine mosquitoes in southeast Asia, focusing on the means by which malaria and ...

This article by Jerry Cates was first published on 4 May 2014, and last revised on 10 February 2015. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:05(01) —————————- Important Note: The springtails collected at this residence in May 2014 were examined under magnification, measured, and photographed. The author was not sufficiently experienced to properly identify them to genus or ...

— This developing article by Jerry Cates was first published on 28 January 2014, and revised last on 8 Febuary 2014. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:01(02). ——————————– Travel with me as we peruse some of what is presently known about the mites and ticks of the North American continent. These are minuscule creatures, many so small that their ...

— This developing article by Jerry Cates was first published on 23 January 2014, and revised last on 26 January 2014. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 15:01(01). ——————————– Travel with me on a fascinating journey, through the thickets and brambles of what is presently known about the carpet, hide, and skin beetles — i.e., coleopteran insects in the Dermestidae ...

— This developing article by Jerry Cates (with thanks to Wyatt G., Heather H., Rick L., Melinda B., Julie P., Joe & Jeanette I., et al.), was first published on 20 September 2013, and revised last on 26 October 2017. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 14:09(01). The information provided here covers some of the insects and arachnids that bite ...