The Western Conifer-Seed Bug is a true bug native to the pine forests of western North America that has quickly spread eastward since the 1950s. Pest specialists surmise that these bugs were ...

The whirling, winged seeds of today's conifers are an engineering wonder and, as University of California, Berkeley, scientists show, a result of about 270 million years of evolution by trees ...

One of the joys of living in a heated house is that you get so many uninvited visitors: house centipedes, black widows, jumping spiders, buzzing flies, miller moths. On this day, some sort of ...

Conifer Seed Bugs primarily feed upon developing seeds. Conifer seeds are the preferred, but developing seeds and fruits of a wide variety of plants may also be fed upon. Occasionally they do minor ...

I was settling in to answer a few emails when I heard, “Dad, some huge bug just flew into the lamp shade!” As the designated bug catch-and-releaser, I pressed into action. A western conifer seed bug ...

Over the past several years, the invasive brown marmorated stink bug has found hospitable conditions in our houses, which are appealingly warm during Western Washington’s cold, wet winters. They’re a ...

I have received a number of calls lately about swarms of annoying insects congregating on area houses. They have been called a variety of names, from pine sawyers and box elder bugs to stink bugs but ...

As fall temperatures emerge, Connecticut residents are seeing brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) descend on their homes. But before reporting a sighting, Connecticut experts recommend doing a little ...

Western conifer seed bugs overwinter as adults, and given the opportunity, they will spend winter in your warm house. Click here for larger image. Photo by Jeff Mitton. One of the joys of living in a ...