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Land planarian or shovel-headed worm CAES News
Land planarian or shovel-headed worm
Shovel-headed garden worms rare, harmless oddities
From time to time, someone somewhere in Georgia turns over a rock or log and finds a grayish brown, flat worm with a head shaped like a half-moon. It's one of those things that, when you find it, you just have to find out what it is.
One pair of house flies can result in over a thousand maggots. CAES News
One pair of house flies can result in over a thousand maggots.
Houseflies present never-ending control challenge
There are more than 120,000 species of flies in the world. But when most people hear "fly," they think of the housefly. Wherever people are found, houseflies are there, too.
House centipede CAES News
House centipede
House centipedes are allies in home pest control
If you don't mind alien-looking creatures skittering around your home, house centipedes are handy things to have around.
CAES News
Crop disease risk high on winter bug count
Thrips, tiny insects that can carry a deadly crop disease, have weathered south Georgia’s winter better than usual. Farmers should think about taking precautions this spring.
Valdosta High School football team practices in summer heat CAES News
Valdosta High School football team practices in summer heat
Weather tool helps teams gauge heat conditions
At Valdosta High School, about 20 miles above the Georgia-Florida line, heat indexes regularly climb above 110 degrees during the summer. With football camp under way, coaches and trainers can use an index at www.georgiaweather.net to help players avoid heat stroke.
Scorpion CAES News
Scorpion
Be thankful for uninvited pests in your home
When chill winds blow, the cozy warmth inside your home is inviting. That's why the scorpions, wasps and other uninvited pests show up there. They're called incidental invaders, and they can teach you something about your house.
Hurricane damage to vehicle and home CAES News
Hurricane damage to vehicle and home
Hurricane highlights documented
Remnants of three September hurricanes that ravaged Florida brought areas in Georgia up to 8 inches of rain and 58 mile-per-hour winds, according to data collected by the University of Georgia.
Saddleback caterpillar CAES News
Saddleback caterpillar
Urticating caterpillars will give you hives
Urticating caterpillars give you hives. No, really. The technical term for hives is urticaria. And one of the things that can cause it is a caterpillar.
Cicada adult CAES News
Cicada adult
Cicadas emerging soon almost old enough to vote
The cicadas soon filling the north Georgia woods with "song" won't quite be old enough to vote in this year's elections. But after spending 17 years maturing underground, they'll be among the oldest living insects in the world.