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A close-up of a bright red beetle with black legs resting on a green leaf.

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Canada's tiny red lily beetle can strip lilies bare, and gardeners say they check plants for them every day

A small, furry vole with a rounded body and large black eyes sits in a cardboard box near a piece of food and water.

Outdoors

Auto shop finds mystery fluffball in customer's car

A tractor spraying crops in a field.

Tech

Trump EPA approves 3 pesticides critics say are forever chemicals

Rats eating crumbs off the ground.

Tech

New York spent years fighting rodents. Now mice are evolving past poison, and rats are dodging traps

A close-up view of small pink flowers amidst green foliage, with a soft blue light in the background.

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Gardeners use UV lights to spot glowing tomato hornworms at night, then relocate them

A pileated woodpecker with a striking red crest pecks at a tree trunk near its nesting hole.

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Homeowner says $10 fix finally stopped woodpeckers from damaging house after years of repairs

Ladybug larvae on a white plant pot.

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Gardener pleased after finding plant 'infested' by ladybug larvae

Brown slugs and snails in a clear container.

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Grower battling 1,000 Spanish slugs a day hears ducks, beer traps, and pellets may help

A person holding a damaged container of Liquid Fence.

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Gardener wakes to emptied fertilizer and Liquid Fence, then learns raccoons love the smell

A bedbug on a blanket.

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Arizona resident posts 3 mystery bugs, then learns the 'allergy' spots were bedbugs

A close-up of a decorative pot containing bamboo stalks, smooth stones, and bugs swimming in the water.

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Video of squirming creatures in a bamboo pot sparks urgent warning from online users

A pig amid green grass.

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Georgia landowners can win a $3,500 hog trap as feral pigs tear through $150 million a year