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Among other recent arrivals is the Asian cockroach, which, unlike the too familiar German variety, flies and -- most ominously -- lives happily both indoors and out. Phillip Koehler, an entomologist at the University of Florida, received a phone call last fall from a pest-control company in Lakeland, Fla., a city 36 miles east of Tampa. "They thought they had a heavy infestation of German cockroaches," he recalls. The difference between the two species became clear when the bugs, attracted by light, began flocking toward people's homes. "In the evening, when they are most active," says Koehler, "they literally cover...
Feel a mosquito biting at your leg? Be careful: it might be America's new pest, the Asian tiger. First discovered in the U.S. nine months ago in Houston, the mosquito can transmit dangerous viral infections, including dengue fever and the La Crosse virus. The tiger has since been found in three states besides Texas: Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee...
...with eucalyptol, an oily flammable substance that turns Melaleuca into an explosive torch when fires roar through the marshlands in dry seasons. Smoke and sparks from burning melaleucas caused numerous accidents on U.S. Highway 27 north of Miami during last month's fires. However, fire does not kill this pest tree; the insulating bark protects it even as the leaves burn. And like the Casuarina and Schinus, the Melaleuca is quick to invade areas scorched clear of native vegetation. Mature Melaleuca stands so solidly that it keeps out wildlife. Says Morton: "When I say solid, a rabbit...
Only the first frame scene tells us a bit about Rosaleen's family background. At the beginning of the movie, as Rosaleen sleeps, her sister calls her a "pest." Rosaleen twitches a bit so when her sister gets mauled by a pack of ravenous wolves early on, the vindictiveness of Rosaleen's character suddenly surfaces...
Although not disease carriers themselves, roaches have been known to carry disease-ridden bacteria that causes diarrhea, dysentery and food poisoning. Benjamin H. Walcott, assistant director of Harvard food services, says then try alleviate roach-intimated disease through pest control. But Walcott adds that public concern about rather than the health hazard they pose...