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Weekend guide

Bug Fest, AstroQuest and pierogies: Your weekend guide to things to do

From ant scones to cricket granola, University of Delaware students explore insects as food

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Bug Fest, free school supplies and pierogies: Your weekend guide to things to do

Weekend guide pierogi

Roach races are back during Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Bug Fest Academy

Jorō spiders likely are coming to Philly. But it may take them years to arrive, and there's no need to panic

Jorō Spider Georgia

Spotted lanternflies may not harm trees as badly as initially feared

Spotted Lanternflies Trees

Philadelphia Zoo's new exhibit includes life-sized dinosaurs and lots of bugs

Philadelphia Zoo immersive exhibit

Spotted lanternfly population is shrinking in Southeastern Pa., but it's growing elswhere

Spotted Lanternfly

Help with firefly conservation this summer by counting the bugs in your backyard

Docuseries 'Bug Out' explores unsolved Philadelphia Insectarium heist

Bug Out Trailer

Philadelphia jumps to second place on Orkin's 2022 list of cities most infested with bed bugs

Don't eat Brood X cicadas if you're allergic to seafood, FDA says

Cicadas

Pa. ramps up fight against spotted lanternflies as insects begin hatching across region

Spotted lanternfly Pennsylvania

Customs officers intercept mantis, eggs concealed in computer mouse

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Spotted lanternfly sightings up 500% in Pennsylvania, 1000% in parts of New Jersey

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Researchers publish first-ever spotted lanternfly genome, built from a Berks County insect

Spotted lanternfly dna genome

Penn State urges football fans to keep spotted lanternfly out of Happy Valley

USDA scientists import wasps from China to battle the spotted lanternfly invasion

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Is this prominent South Philly fixture the worst hotel in the city?

Penrose Hotel

Some Americans are getting high on meth-like wasp spray

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Philadelphia ranks No. 1 on list of cities most infested by bed bugs

Philadelphia bed bugs

Alternative Medicine

The best essential oils for an all-natural anti-itch mosquito bite treatment

essential oil mosquito bite treatment

Spotted lanternfly sighting confirmed in Burlington County for the first time

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Skrillex's dubstep music might help prevent mosquito bites, researchers find

Eight Delaware zip codes bordering Pa., N.J. quarantined for lanternfly threat

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Pennsylvania will have 150 researchers trying to eradicate the spotted lanternfly in 2019

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Look out, Philly could be facing a spotted lanternfly invasion

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Family-Friendly

Check out live insects at Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences

How to get rid of gnats in your home

Flies

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to

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PHOTOS: Check out this exhibit with 20 giant bugs

Carroll - Extreme Bugs Exhibit Academy of Natural Sciences

'Exotic' tick species discovered in New Jersey

New Jersey Tick

'Welcome our new insect overlords': Flying ants spotted in swarms across Philadelphia

'Nightmarish number of huge spiders' are scaring SEPTA commuters at one train station

Spider

Philadelphia ranked one of the most termite-infested cities in the nation

Gross: Philadelphia ranked one of the nation's most bed bug infested cities

Bed bugs

Cockroaches infest Villanova University residence halls

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Customs: 'Destructive' beetle larvae found in Philadelphia rice shipment

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Infrequently Asked Questions: How do fireflies light up?

Academy of Natural Sciences celebrate Bug Fest this weekend

Bug Fest

Academy of Natural Sciences to host Bug Fest

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Spend a day at the Wissahickon Environmental Center identifying insects

Consumer Reports Ratings: Best mosquito repellants to protect against Zika virus

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