Extinct in the UK, and on the retreat in western Europe and Scandinavia, the species if prolific this summer in Tomsk and Novosibirsk.
Savia Shamee is warning Northerners who travel to pay attention to what they might inadvertently be bringing home.
Authorities have warned residents to watch out for mosquito bites and clean out pet bowls as the Aedes aegypti species breeds in stagnant water.
The tent caterpillar may be chewing its way through swathes of forest foliage, but there's no danger of harm to trees, says expert.
We were picking ticks off the dogs and ourselves and when we got home we found an additional 20 or so ticks on ourselves and each of the dogs.
BANNOCK COUNTY -- Mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus have been discovered in eastern Idaho, health officials warned Friday.
County health officials have detected a species of mosquito responsible for spreading Zika and other viruses for the first time in Southern Nevada.
The Health Department says two batches of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus, but no human cases have been reported.
Tammi Hanowskirsquo's yard is carpeted in forest tent caterpillars.
Winter tick has been found in over 50 percent of the mule deer examined by wildlife officials in the Whitehorse area and is also found on moose, caribou, and elk in the Yukon
The Jackson County Medical Examiner has sent samples for testing to the Missouri Department of Health after a possible West Nile death. If confirmed it would be the earliest West Nile fatality in a calendar year in Missouri history.
Hordes of tent caterpillars have covered Tammi Hanowski's home south of Saskatoon and have crawled up the walls and made their way into her pool.
In New England where ticks have decimated moose, the average tick load is 40,000, and some have been found with 90,000.
Last year there was a large infestation of caterpillars in the area, wondering if that is why we have all the moths this spring
Early butterfly observed south of the Kaiyuh Mountains along the west bank of the Yukon River.
Spring is approaching but it still seems too cold for this little guy.
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