{"id":1215,"date":"2012-03-19T10:07:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T15:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2012-03-19T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T15:07:52","slug":"scientists-believe-global-warning-has-brought-an-increase-in-plant-eating-insects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/scientists-believe-global-warning-has-brought-an-increase-in-plant-eating-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Believe Global Warning Has Brought An Increase In Plant Eating Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Allison-Camel-Back-Crickets1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11\" title=\"Allison-Camel Back Crickets\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Allison-Camel-Back-Crickets1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>The summer of 2011 brought about numerous complaints by New Jersey residents to many pest control companies throughout New Jersey about an increase of insects eating more than their normal share of a variety of outdoor plants.\u00a0 Notwithstanding the voracious appetite of the pesky stink bugs that have taken over the eastern seaboard in recent years, and have damaged farmer\u2019s crops and homeowners gardens, many residents have noticed an increase of other plant-eating insects in their gardens.\u00a0 Many home gardens that were normally bursting with fruits and vegetables were hit hard by unwelcome invaders this past year report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/home-pest-control\/service-plans.php\">NJ pest control<\/a> professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Through extensive research, it is the belief of some scientists that the continuing warming of the earth is contributing to the increase in plant-eating insects.\u00a0 Researchers do not believe that the plants have become tastier to insects, but they do believe that insects have a greater appetite and have become more destructive in recent years.\u00a0 Planetsave reported back on February 11, 2008 that scientists from Pennsylvania State University and the Smithsonian Institution believe that \u201cwhen temperature increases, the diversity of insect feeding damage on plant species also increases.\u201d\u00a0 Additionally, the study\u2019s lead author and researcher said \u201cour study convincingly shows that there is a link between temperature and insect feeding on leaves.\u201d You may read the <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2008\/02\/11\/climate-change-to-bring-plagues-of-insects\/\">article<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the interior and exterior of your home free from all types of unwelcome pests is easy when you hire a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/home-pest-control\/service-plans.php\">New Jersey pest control<\/a> expert.\u00a0 Allison Pest Control will be able to blanket your property with a barrier pest control treatment to keep unwanted pests out so that your gardens will grow as expected.\u00a0 We provide fast and professional service to residences and businesses in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey.\u00a0 Call us today for a free estimate and pest evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer of 2011 brought about numerous complaints by New Jersey residents to many pest control companies throughout New Jersey about an increase of insects eating more than their normal share of a variety of outdoor plants.\u00a0 Notwithstanding the voracious appetite of the pesky stink bugs that have taken over the eastern seaboard in recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,11,18,19,13,8,5,14,15,3,16],"tags":[253,252,50,52,20,28,46,21,27,25,40,43,44,29,57,56,54,53,45,36,34,37,33,58,55,22,49,32,4,42,26,48,30,47],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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