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5 strange-but-true names for insects

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Northeastern Ontario is in the midst of a tent caterpillar outbreak. Here’s what it means

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an asian lady beetle crawls on a leaf

How to manage an Asian lady beetle infestation

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giant water bug on a rock

Meet the giant water bug

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Close up of forest tent caterpillars on a leaf with water droplets in Timmins

Tent caterpillars severely defoliating forests around Timmins, Ont.

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Wild Profile: Meet the monarch butterfly

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mosquito on human skin at sunset, mosquitoes

Can mosquitoes and black flies transmit COVID-19?

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Wild Profile: Meet the bumblebee

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insect apocalypse

The insect apocalypse is here and you’re playing a part in it

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Wild Profile: Meet the woolly bear caterpillar

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Gypsy Moths

Gypsy moths spotted in Ontario’s cottage country

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Wild Profile: Meet the conehead katydid

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Wild Profile: Meet the dog-day cicada

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Wild Profile: Meet the ladybug

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yellow-jacket-on-wood-background

Wild Profile: meet the yellow jacket

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New cases of West Nile found in Manitoba, Ontario, and now Saskatoon

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Emerald ash borer sitting on a green leaf.

Canadian researchers rearing new parasitic wasp to fight emerald ash borer

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Black horsehair (Gordian) worm on a rock.

What type of animal is black and string-like and can twist into strange shapes?

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