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A summer without mosquitoes
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
5 Sep 2024
LEO Network
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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
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Large number of flies in our home
Wasilla, Alaska, United States
3 Oct 2021
LEO Network
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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
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Spittlebugs galore in Sand Lake area
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
1 Aug 2021
LEO Network
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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
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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
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Spruce bark beetle damage shuts down 2 popular Alaska campgrounds
Fishhook, Alaska, United States
10 Apr 2019
Anchorage Daily News
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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
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Fireweed Clearwing Moth (
Albuna pyramidalis
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16 Jul 2018
LEO Network
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Spruce beetles take flight in search of new host trees
Sterling, Alaska, United States
6 Jul 2018
Alaska Public Media
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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
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Loads of Yellow Jackets / Wasps (
Vespidae
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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
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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
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Abundant Bees
Eagle River, Alaska, United States
17 Aug 2014
LEO Network
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Predaceous Diving Beetle (
Cybister fimbriolatus
) Larvae
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
7 Jul 2014
LEO Network
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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
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Mosquito invasion in Southcentral Alaska leads to run on supplies
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
17 Jun 2013
Anchorage Daily News
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Strange bug
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
10 Jun 2013
LEO Network
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Birch Shieldbug (
Elasmostethus interstinctus
) in November?
Wasilla, Alaska, United States
22 Nov 2012
LEO Network
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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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