BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Red and green traps attract more sweet potato weevils than other colors, and a Montana State University researcher who made that discovery wants to know if Montana insects react the ...

Across San Diego it is becoming more common to see the sad sight of a flattened halo of fronds atop a palm tree, the sure sign of a tree that has fallen victim to the South American Palm Weevil.

Earlier this year the Rancho Santa Fe Association and Fairbanks Ranch partnered with UC Riverside on a new research study targeting the South American Palm Weevil, the destructive pest that has killed ...

UC Riverside scientists have a new chemical weapon to seduce and kill the invasive, long-nosed beetles destroying California palm trees by the tens of thousands. The weapon involves a pheromone ...

The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) continues to pose a significant threat to palm species in diverse environments, from urban landscapes to major agricultural regions. Current research ...

Few things can strike fear into the heart of a banana farmer more than finding an infestation of the banana weevil. Females of this coffee bean–sized insect lay their eggs between the plant’s leaves ...

The warm humid conditions of the tropics make it tough for farmers to keep their crops pest free. For sweetpotato growers in Micronesia, the sweetpotato weevil seems to defy efforts to control its ...

Despite being widely popular, moths, and their larvae in particular, are not always welcome in forests, parks and gardens. Some moth species constitute a real threat to forests when they appear en ...