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Insect Foe -- Aphids

In other articles I've told you about certain insect foes of man, such as mosquitoes, flies, bees, ants, and various kinds of beetles. There is another kind of insect that people hear a lot about when they...

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Is Fluoride killing the Dragon Trees of Tenerife?

Tenerife has a very rare tree that dates back to prehistoric times and has become a plant symbol for the island with the Drago Milenario (thousand-year-old Dragon Tree) that grows in Icod de los Vinos being...

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Where are all the ladybirds?

There are supposed to be at least seven species of ladybird on Tenerife, and according to David and Zoƫ Bramwell's excellent book, Historia Natural de las Islas Canarias, one of these is very common. I have...

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