Lanternflies can significantly damage grape plants by eating the vines and destroying the plant. The flies also feed on other ...

"Once you introduce a species to a new place, anything can really happen." Scientists issue stark warning after harmful ...

Culpeper County Extension agent recently warned board of supervisors of colony in nearby Charlottesville-area.

Virginia agricultural officials have expanded the state’s red imported fire ant quarantine to include Pittsylvania County, ...

Asian needle ants are not the same as fire ants, as they are smaller and, thankfully less aggressive. Most Asian needle ant ...

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, led all lieutenant governor candidates in fundraising during the final reporting period ...

An invasive species of insect is making its way — slowly but surely — throughout the United States, Pennsylvania included. A ...

VDACS updated the quarantined areas at the end of May, adding 10 new localities: Chesterfield, Lee, Nottoway, Pittsylvania, ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announced that the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma ...

Imported fire ants swarm and sting aggressively when disturbed. Their painful stings cause blisters. All of Hampton Roads and ...

The Brachyponera chinensis, or Asian needle ant, is only 3/16 of an inch long, but its bite can cause anaphylactic shock, ...

Venomous Asian needle ants are spreading in the US. They're already in Mississippi. The sting hurts more than fire ants, can ...