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Termites on timber.

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Pest inspector finds 'mother lode' of termites under home, warns nearby properties may be at risk

A rat in a garden.

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'Giant rats' keep New York families out of their yards as county officials investigate

Two pumpkins.

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Gardener distraught after groundhog devours volunteer pumpkin just as it ripens

A rat snake.

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Video shows Ohio deputies wrangling a rat snake that slipped beneath a resident's bed

Brown recluse spiders caught in a trap.

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Pest expert says Missouri home's second-floor glue trap points to wider brown recluse problem

A wasp.

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Strange bug ambushes wasp in Texas house, earning praise as the 'fighter jet' of insects

A North American elm sawfly on a person's hand.

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Maine mystery insect that looked like a wasp is a harmless North American elm sawfly

A bird bath surrounded by greenery with a bird bathing in the water.

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Gardener warns bird netting can turn deadly, points to safer ways to protect crops

A woman discusses gardening techniques alongside images of plants and flowers.

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Gardener warns a few marigolds planted by tomatoes will not stop nematodes

An Asian longhorned beetle.

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Tree Check Month urges residents to inspect trees for Asian longhorned beetle before it spreads

A tractor spraying pesticides on farmland.

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AI chatbot's pesticide advice wipes out 25 acres of Chinese farmer's sesame seedlings

A scarlet lily beetle.

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Michigan deploys 4,400 tiny wasps to stop invasive lily beetles before they spread west