Invasive plants and animals can be the scourge of the farmer, rancher, and home gardener. A new pest has been identified in ...

From poinsettias to African violets, some houseplants seem to roll out the welcome mat for mealybugs. Here are which ones to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned of a “newly detected and highly damaging pest.” According to the commissioner’s office, the pasture mealybug, aka ...

Most members of the large Hemipteran suborder Sternorrhyncha (aphids, whiteflies, psyllids, scales and mealybugs) feed on nutrient-deficient plant sap, and appear to fortify their diet with the ...

If you’ve ever seen a small, strange white bug on your houseplants, you may have encountered a mealybug. These odd creatures feed on plants and cover themselves in a wax coating, making it hard to get ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued an urgent alert to producers across the state to inspect their pastures for a newly detected and highly damaging pest: the pasture mealybug ...

Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written for news outlets across Dallas-Fort Worth like the Denton Record-Chronicle, D Magazine, 1080 KRLD and 105.3 ...

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Texas agriculture officials are sounding the alarm after confirming that a fast-spreading insect, never before seen in North America, is now threatening ranches and farms across more than 20 counties.

The ability of life forms to co-opt each other has taken a novel twist: Scientists have provided the first proof that a bacterium takes up long-term residence inside another bacterium. Both the host ...