Peridomestic?! What's that? Peridomestic is when something lives in or around humans. So this episode, we're talking common cockroaches that you may run into inside or around your home: American, Smokybrown, Turkestan, and German.

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Have you seen these large reddish-brown ants? ...or maybe you have seen the colonies where they clear out vegetation? This episode we'll discuss how to identify these ants, their biology, and why you may want to leave them alone.

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AgriLife Learn Publication on red harvester ants

https://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/s/product/red-harvester-ants/01t4x000004OUUtAAO

TPWD Horned Lizard Watch Report

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_w7000_1442/habitat/

Ant wiki information

https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Pogonomyrmex_barbatus

TPWD Texas Horned Lizard information

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/thlizard

San Antonio Zoo horned lizard reintroduction program

https://sazoo.org/conservation/texas-horned-reintroduction-project/

Have you been seeing webbing covering branches in your trees and shrubs? If so, you may want to open the webbing and see if you have fall webworms. In this episode, we discuss how to identify webworms and possible management strategies.

Show notes:

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension - Fall Webworm Free Publication

Texas A&M Forest Service - Forest Health: Fall Webworm

Field Guide to Common Texas Insects - Fall Webworm

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