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​POOLSIDE PESTS PROGRAM

  • ​Avery Journal Times - 'Poolside Pests' program encourages pool owners to look for, report non-native insects (June 2, 2021)
  • Opera News - 'Poolside Pests' program encourages pool owners to look for, report non-native insects (June 1, 2021)
  • Outside Garden News - 'Poolside Pests' Program Encourages Pool House Owners to Search for and Report Nonnative Bugs (June 1, 2021)
  • Morning Ag Clips - 'Poolside Pests' program encourages pool owners to look for and report nonnative insects (May 31, 2021)
  • The “Poolside Plague” program encourages pool owners to seek out and report on exotic insects (May 31, 2021)
  • The Sampson Weekly - Poolside Pests' Program (May 28, 2021)
  • NCDA&CS - 'Poolside Pests' program encourages pool owners to look for and report nonnative insects (May 28, 2021)
  • The Richmond Observer - 'Poolside Pests' program encourages pool owners to look for and report nonnative insects (May 28, 2021)
  • Pools a favorite locale for 2 threatening insects (May 28, 2021)
  • Bladen Online - ‘Poolside Pests’ program encourages pool owners to look for and report nonnative insects (May 28, 2021)
  • 2 invasive species of bug getting too close to North Carolina for comfort, NC State expert says (May 27, 2021)
  • Forestry Experts Want You to Watch Out for ‘Poolside Pests' (May 25, 2021)

ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE

  • The battle against the Asian Longhorned Beetle, nearly one year later (Oct. 18, 2021)
  • USDA makes plans to deal with Asian longhorned beetle (June 17, 2021)
  • ​USDA Expands the Federal Quarantine Area for Asian Longhorned Beetle in South Carolina (May 21, 2021)
  • Exciting But Dreadful: New Invasive Forest Pest Arrives in South Carolina (March 16, 2021)
  • Wild hogs, Asian longhorned beetles top list of SC’s most invasive species (March 15, 2021)
  • Asian longhorned beetle surveys underway (March 10, 2021)
  • ​Lawmakers advance move to quarantine areas infested by Asian Longhorned Beetles in SC (March 3, 2021)
  • ​A Fast, Frassy Way to Detect the Asian Longhorned Beetle (October 15, 2020)
  • Asian longhorned beetle (ALHB) eradicated from Canada (September 1, 2020)
  • USDA to fight destructive beetle in Mass., New York and Ohio (March 21, 2020)

SPOTTED LANTERNFLY

  • ​If You See A Spotted Lanternfly In Virginia, Squish Or Trap It (July 7, 2023)
  • ​Spotted Lanternflies Are Back. You Should Still Kill Them. (June 14, 2023)
  • NCDA&CS finds spotted lanternfly in Forsyth County (June 29, 2022)
  • Spotted lanternfly confirmed in North Carolina (June 29, 2022)
  • The Spotted Lanternfly Population Continues to Wreak Havoc in New York (Oct. 25, 2021)
  • Bug Question: To Smush or Not to Smush the Spotted Lanternfly? (Oct. 24, 2021)
  • Massachusetts is invaded by its first spotted lanternflies. How to fight back. (Oct. 9, 2021)
  • Spotted lanternfly a "shocking" expense to homeowners (Oct. 8, 2021)
  • Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Could Weaken Midwest Crops And Trees (Sept. 27, 2021)
  • Student ‘Squish Squad’ working to get rid of Pa.’s pesky Spotted Lanternfly (July 22, 2021)
  • Hudson County invasion: ‘Swarms’ of the spotted lanternfly reported (July 17, 2021)
  • Spotted lanternflies seem scarce in parts of the Philly area. But they’re still out there. (July 9, 2021)
  • See A Spotted Lanternfly? Squash It! (July 8, 2021)
  • Pa. rolls out nation’s first spotted lanternfly detection dog (July 1, 2021)
  • New model predicts spotted lanternfly egg hatching (July 1, 2021)
  • Spotted lanternflies spotted in Baden (July 1, 2021)
  • Department Of Agriculture To Canvass Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine For Business Permitting Compliance (June 16, 2021)
  • Pa. ramps up fight against spotted lanternflies as insects begin hatching across region (June 1, 2021)
​Poolside Pests is a collaborative program between NC State University Extension and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Plant Industry Division and NC Forest Service.
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