News Items tag as: Insects

5 creepy crawlies you (probably) didn't know existed in the Thompson-Okanagan
September 19, 2020 - 11:30 AM

There's an odd fascination around here with creepy crawlies. Pay attention to any community forum long enough and you'll see someone post a photo of some critter that looks like something rejected from a Star Wars reboot, while everyone else either freaks out or tries to identify it. Perhaps it's because the Okanagan is mostly populated by people transplanted from elsewhere.
With rain-soaked spring in the Thompson-Okanagan comes lots and lots of mosquitoes
June 18, 2020 - 7:30 AM

The wet, cool spring in Kamloops and the Okanagan this year has provided a prime set of conditions for an active mosquito season in your neighbourhood,
Rarely seen creepy crawly sparks fear, surprise, intrigue in Okanagan
May 02, 2019 - 9:30 AM

VERNON - It's creepy looking even by insect standards, but it can't bite humans, is very small, has a rather bizarre mating practice, and is living right here in the Okanagan - and causing quite the stir.
iN VIDEO: North Okanagan woman out of luck after thousands of ladybugs invade her home
September 26, 2018 - 4:33 PM

NORTH OKANAGAN - At first, Danielle Shetler thought the mass congregation of ladybugs at her new Spallumcheen home near Vernon was a sign of good fortune.
Meet the flying bug that hunts spiders in the B.C. Interior
September 20, 2018 - 12:30 PM

People with a fear of spiders will be glad to know there is another insect in the Southern Interior that actually hunts those eight-legged insects
Here's how to protect yourself from those pesky mosquitoes in the Southern Interior
June 14, 2018 - 8:00 PM

Each year once the snow melts and the sun comes out, mosquitoes hatch and begin flying their way around the Southern Interior.
Move over black widows, you aren’t the scariest looking spider in the Interior
May 02, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Researchers surprised by prevalence of new invasive stink bugs crawling around the Okanagan
November 22, 2017 - 6:30 PM

OKANAGAN - An invasive species of stink bug appears to be making a home for itself in the Okanagan Valley, where researchers recently found more than 1,000 of them in downtown Kelowna alone.
Why there are so many little black bugs buzzing around the Interior this year
September 06, 2017 - 6:30 PM

You can’t walk very far these days without getting a small, winged insect stuck in your hair or in your eye ball. And forget about wearing yellow, or you’ll look like bug-man.
New insect poses a risk to fruit trees, vineyards, vegetables in South Okanagan
December 05, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - The B.C. Ministry of Agriculture is asking Okanagan residents to be on the lookout for the latest non-native species to enter the B.C., including the South Okanagan, as it seeks winter refuge inside buildings this winter.
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The Okanagan has its own tiny form of alligator
It’s spring and all sorts of cold-blooded creatures are slithering to warm rocks, including a type of lizard with the face of an alligator. The northern alligator lizard is most commonly found near rock faces, said Pete Wise, owner of

Make panzanella salad to celebrate the end of peach and tomato season
Harvest is in full swing now which means last chance for romance with some of your favourite fall ingredients. Peaches are rounding up for the year and so are heirloom tomatoes, so please make this salad as a finale to another wonderful season.

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