ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) --A tiny bug from South America could help landowners in Florida and other states start winning a decades-long, multimillion-dollar war against invasive Brazilian pepper ...

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FORT PIERCE — Biologists want your help in the fight against one of Florida's most notorious invasive species. For decades, the Brazilian peppertree has swept throughout Central and South Florida, ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Scientists with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences released insects known as Pseudophilothrips ichini, or thrips, into Pasco Palms Preserve ...

Q: I have just read an article about the Brazilian pepper tree and wanted to know if it is illegal to have one in my garden. My neighbor has been complaining about it and wanted to know if I am ...

ADAMS RANCH — Brazilian pepper trees, an invasive species covering over 700,000 acres of Florida, may have met their match: an insect about the size of a sugar ant. "We're expecting big things out of ...

WELLINGTON, Fla. — One Wellington family faces $246,000 in fines and counting from Village Code Enforcement because invasive Brazilian pepper trees on their property are growing out of control. Adam ...

Q: I planted a Brazilian pepper tree last spring. It seemed to be growing well most of the summer, but now it appears to be dying. I water it a couple of times a week, but it doesn’t respond. Do you ...

A thousand teeny troops fanned out Tuesday. Their mission: Take down an invading green horde. At the deployment, scientists opened 100 vials, each containing 10 lab-raised bugs called thrips, freeing ...

The Government will have an eye on Florida as the state tests the use of insects to tackle Brazilian pepper trees. The invasive weed was introduced to both Bermuda and the United States as an ...