The Oxycarenus maculatus pest, commonly referred to as the Protea seed bug, poses a serious threat to crops such as corn, grains, cotton, and vegetables. USDA records show this pest had not been ...

Hundreds of billions of locusts are swarming through parts of East Africa and South Asia in the ... Samburu county, Kenya The insects, which eat their own body weight in food every day, are ...

Somalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa. The country's Ministry of Agriculture said the insects, which consume large amounts of vegetation ...

(Lygaeidae), and Oxycarenus maculatus (Protea seed bug), which are found in Africa. “Caprhiobia sp. (Lygaeidae) is a plant bug known to occur in South Africa that has a voracious appetite and ...