PCT Online E-Newsletter - May 7

Red Fire Ants Facing Killer Virus --- Researchers have pinpointed a naturally occurring virus that kills red imported fire ants, and now the USDA is seeking commercial partners to develop the virus into a pesticide to control fire ants. http://www.pctonline.com/News/news.asp?Id=5000

Doctor Finds Spiders in Ear of Boy With Earache --- What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear "like Rice Krispies" - ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/07/spiderboy.ap/index.html




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