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Summer’s Outdoor Pests become Fall’s Home Invaders
September 22nd, marked the fall equinox this year; Where Summer blasts our days with her last hot breaths, and Fall creeps in with his first cool evening breezes. It's the time when, days and nights begin as equals and where days slowly shorten and nights lengthen. It...
Architects and Engineers; Bio-Inspired to Design and Create by Nature’s Finest Builders, Insects!
Architects and engineers are turning to the insect world for ideas on creating the homes, working environments and products of the 21st century. Bio-Mimicry is Bio-Inspiration at it’s finest. Scientists believe that, as fossil fuels dry up, termites, ants and spiders...
Cockroaches, Mantids and Termites: Sisters From Another Mother!
The changes in recent research tell us that the comparison of ants and termites is all wrong. The current scientific termite data shows that termites may look similar to ants, but in actuality, they are descendants of a common ancestor of cockroaches and mantids. Ants...
The Year is 1900 and Fear of the Mosquito “Plague” hits America!
Mosquitoes became the preeminent pest in America after the 1900 discovery, by Sir Ronald Ross, that linked them to the dreaded disease, Malaria. This was the Progressive Era, and American entomologist, Leland O. Howard, a staunch progressive, believed that problems...
Beetles, From Exotic Fashion Accessories to Dangerous “Fire Bugs”!
Beetles Comprise One-Fifth Of The 1.5 Million Living Species On Earth. There are more than a quarter million species of beetles in the world and 25,000 identified in North America alone. Beetles come in a variety of shapes and colors, from firey red "ladybugs" and...
Why, Oh Why, does the Cockroach Fly?
Cockroaches are some of the nastiest bugs found in the United States. Every state has some area that is infested with these disease carrying bugs, including California. Within the cockroach world, American Cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) are on the big side....
Eye Spy with My Little Eye, says the Fly!
Ever played the “I spy with my little eye”, game as you traveled upon endless tracks of roadway with parents or friends? This was the only way, besides calling out state license plates (how boring is that!), that my parents could keep myself and my sibling from...
Ants – The Oldest Farmers on Earth!
It is said that when man learned to farm, modern civilization began. We humans credit ourselves as being very intelligent creatures capable of learning to grow crops and keep cattle, but we are hardly the first species to acquire the skill. Fungus-growing ants...
NOW YOU SEE THEM, NOW YOU DON’T – Insects in Disguise
Camouflage is an ancient art form among the worlds’ animal species and especially insects. In nature there are many ways to protect against potential predators: armor, poison, noxious smell, size or speed, etc. But perhaps no form of protection is more devious than...