— This article by Jerry Cates and Katie Baker, first published on 1 December 2012, was last revised on 16 January 2018. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:12(01).   Katie wrote me on 26 November 2012: Hello, Jerry: I found this spider the other day in Blanco, Texas. It looks like a type of jumping spider. However, I ...

This article by Jerry Cates and Ramon Alaniz, first published on 22 November 2012, was last revised on 28 December 2022. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:11(04).   One of my clients, a large nursing facility in the city of Victoria, Texas, reported seeing large numbers of black “sugar ants” in certain locations several months in a ...

This article by Jerry Cates and Mitch Page, first published on 18 November 2012, was last revised on 12 November 2014. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:11(02). ———————————– On 12 October 2012 the maintenance director of a medical facility located near the southern tip of Austin, Texas, called to say that a moderately sized ant, with a ...

This article by Jerry Cates, Kavin Bizzell, Sylvia Tejeda, et al., first published on 4 November 2012, was revised last on 22 November 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:11(01) ———————————- As mentioned in an earlier article (published on 27 June 2011) on little black ants, there once was a time when, in Texas, the pharaoh ant ...

This article by Jerry Cates, with contributions of specimens from Thang Dang, et al., first published on 11 September 2012, was last revised on 28 December 2022. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:09(01).   First came an invasion of Odorous House Ants… In late August 2012 I was called to a large nursing home in the western ...

This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 30 July 2012, was last revised on 9 August 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:07(01). —————————————– On 18 July Gills Onions LLC, a multi-generational family-run onion processing firm founded in 1983 in Oxnard, California, issued a voluntary recall of the onions shipped between July 2-4 due to the possibility ...

— This article by Matt Elenniss¹ and Jerry Cates², first published on 2 January 2012, was last revised on 22 June 2013. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 13:01(02). ——————————- Beneficial entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) are commonly used, today, as biological agents to exterminate pest insects and their larvae. EPN are referred to as parasitoids because they kill the insects (the ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published in August 2001, was last revised on 07 December 2013. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 02:08. —————————- This article discusses the biology, anatomy, and behavior of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) and their bacterial symbionts, specifically as agents of subterranean termite control. Particular attention is paid to the utility of EPN for ...

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, Marney M. (SHNF), and Cliff M. (San Antonio, TX), was first published in July 2009, and revised last on 8 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 10:07. ——————————– Important Links related to the content of this page: (1) Spider Extermination and Control (2) Spider Bite First Aid ...