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2000

Insects

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Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe May 2000

Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Carpenter ants are members of the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, sawflies, and other ants. Carpenter ants can be occasional pests in the home and are noted particularly for the damage they can cause when nesting in wood. In Utah they are more of a nuisance rather than a major structural pest.

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Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Apr 2000

Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Millipedes are related to trilobites, spiders and ticks, sowbugs, and crayfish, centipedes, and insects. Each group represents a different class of arthropods. Millipedes or "thousandlegged worms" include over 800 species of the class Diplopoda in North America.

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Saltcedar, Tamarisk, Ruth Richards, Ralph Whitesides Jan 2000

Saltcedar, Tamarisk, Ruth Richards, Ralph Whitesides

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Saltcedar is diffi cult to control. Single treatment approaches to control saltcedar have not proven feasible because no method completely eliminates saltcedar or its regeneration.

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Saving Utah's Landscape, Biocontrol Of Tamarisk, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Saving Utah's Landscape, Biocontrol Of Tamarisk, Usu Extension

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Scientists at the Animal, Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have been working for years to determine if beetles imported from China and Kazakhstan would effectively consume tamarisk (salt cedar) in the U.S. without threatening desirable vegetation.

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