A new pest may emerge in Ohio as Brood XIV cicadas conclude their 17-year life cycle. Oak leaf itch mites can bite people, ...

Cicada season may be over, but another pest emerges right after. Here's how to prevent possible bites and rashes from oak ...

Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects and mites, and ...

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But a microscopic gall mite, introduced as a biological control by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), with the help of funding from the Working for Water project, is starting to halt its march ...

However, cicadas can attract a pest, the oak leaf itch mite. And as the name suggests, these mites can cause an irritating rash in humans. Here's what to know.

Hundreds of mites mass-reared in an Auckland facility have been sent to Tonga to tackle an invasive plant that is out-competing native species. Cuttings infested with the gall mites were shipped ...

Kristi Mergenthaler, program coordinator for the Siskiyou Chapter of the Native Plant Society, found gall mites on Scotch broom in Ashland, Ore., two weeks ago. The mites attack the bud tissues ...

Actually, there is an advantage in growing it where temperatures drop below 40 degrees, since gall mites – which can be a plague upon this species – die at such temperatures.