most known for making tiny holes, is making a surprisingly huge impact in Indian forests. The island pinhole borer, an insect less than one-tenth of an inch long, has wreaked havoc on an invasive tree ...

La Crosse encephalitis is carried by only one of the 51 species of mosquito found in Minnesota: the tree hole mosquito. This particular variety likes to lay its eggs in open containers and ...

“We suspect that we will soon find this mosquito in other counties as well,” Neitzel said. LaCrosse encephalitis is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected Eastern tree hole ...

They collected mosquito larvae from various tree holes in California and let the insects reproduce for two generations in the lab. For the third generation, they turned up the heat. While they exposed ...