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Fireweed blooms hindered by foam?
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
13 Jul 2023
LEO Network
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The spruce beetle invasion’s exhausting toll on Southcentral Alaska property owners
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
25 Jul 2022
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Large number of flies in our home
Wasilla, Alaska, United States
3 Oct 2021
LEO Network
Event
Ants are moving house - is this because of the rain?
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
5 Sep 2021
LEO Network
Event
Insect eating red currant leaves
Lazy Mountain, Alaska, United States
3 Aug 2021
LEO Network
Event
Spittlebugs galore in Sand Lake area
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
1 Aug 2021
LEO Network
Event
Summer of the Fly
16 Jul 2020
LEO Network
Event
Notice more wasps and yellow jackets this year? You’re not alone
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
4 Jun 2020
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Late Birch Leaf Edge Miner Damage
Lazy Mountain, Alaska, United States
6 Aug 2019
LEO Network
Event
Spruce Bark Beetle and Wood Boring Insects
Lazy Mountain, Alaska, United States
6 Aug 2019
LEO Network
Event
Red Velvet Mite (Family
Trombidiidae
) Found Near Potters Marsh
15 May 2019
LEO Network
Event
Southcentral Alaska’s spruce bark beetle infestation is spreading in Anchorage. There’s only one defense.
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
11 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Spruce bark beetle damage shuts down 2 popular Alaska campgrounds
Fishhook, Alaska, United States
10 Apr 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Southcentral Alaska sees most destructive spruce beetle outbreak in over two decades
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
16 Nov 2018
Alaska Public Media
Event
Beetle damage skyrockets to nearly 1 million acres in Southcentral Alaska
Knik-Fairview, Alaska, United States
2 Oct 2018
Anchorage Daily News
Event
A summer without insect stings
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
17 Aug 2018
LEO Network
Event
Fireweed Clearwing Moth (
Albuna pyramidalis
) Sighting
16 Jul 2018
LEO Network
Event
Spruce beetles take flight in search of new host trees
Sterling, Alaska, United States
6 Jul 2018
Alaska Public Media
Event
Spruce bark beetles are back with a vengeance. Here’s how to defend your trees.
Southcentral, Alaska, United States
19 Apr 2018
Anchorage Daily News
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Horntail Wood Wasp (family Siricidae)
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
4 Aug 2017
LEO Network
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What Kind of Beetle?
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
6 Apr 2017
LEO Network
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Invasion of the House Crickets (
Acheta domestica
)
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
23 Nov 2016
LEO Network
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Alaska abuzz over rise in wasp population
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
29 Sep 2016
Anchorage Daily News
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Unusual Wasp (
Dolichovespula maculata
)
Wasilla, Alaska, United States
24 Jul 2016
LEO Network
Event
Loads of Yellow Jackets / Wasps (
Vespidae
)
Palmer, Alaska, United States
4 Jul 2016
LEO Network
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Fritillary (
Boloria alaskensis
) Butterfly
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
20 Jun 2016
LEO Network
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Early Wasps (
Leucospid spp.
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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
12 May 2016
LEO Network
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Mosquitoes (
Culicidae
) Hatch
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
12 Apr 2016
LEO Network
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First Mosquitoe (
Culicidae
) of Spring
Palmer, Alaska, United States
25 Mar 2016
LEO Network
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March Pollen and Active Honey Bees (
Apis
)
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
23 Mar 2016
LEO Network
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Unusual Caterpillar
Big Lake, Alaska, United States
10 Sep 2014
LEO Network
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Caterpillar (
Hyles gallii
) with reddish tail
Tyonek, Alaska, United States
2 Sep 2014
LEO Network
Event
Abundant Bees
Eagle River, Alaska, United States
17 Aug 2014
LEO Network
Event
Predaceous Diving Beetle (
Cybister fimbriolatus
) Larvae
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
7 Jul 2014
LEO Network
Event
Bugs Swarm at 2017 Mount Marathon Race
Seward, Alaska, United States
6 Jul 2014
Alaska Dispatch News
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Bed bugs are calling Alaska home at increasing rates
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
19 Mar 2014
Anchorage Daily News
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Swallowtail (
Papilio canadensis
) Butterfly Caterpillar
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
8 Aug 2013
LEO Network
Event
Mosquito invasion in Southcentral Alaska leads to run on supplies
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
17 Jun 2013
Anchorage Daily News
Event
Strange bug
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
10 Jun 2013
LEO Network
Event
Birch Shieldbug (
Elasmostethus interstinctus
) in November?
Wasilla, Alaska, United States
22 Nov 2012
LEO Network
Event
Caterpillars gang up on berry bushes, native trees
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
9 Aug 2011
Anchorage Daily News
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ALASKA: A havoc-wreaking beetle loose in the forest
Sterling, Alaska, United States
15 Aug 2008
SciGuy
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Seeing brown birch leaves? It’s not necessarily a sign of fall. Blame leaf-munching larvae
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Anchorage Daily News
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