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How Do Termites Respond To The Winter Cold? Insects generally don’t get along well with freezing cold temperatures. However, different insect species possess different adaptations that become useful during the winter months. When it comes to termites, cold weather does…

Soon It May Become Illegal For School Officials To Hide Situations Where Ticks Are Found On Students You may think that school in the United States are legally obligated to report situations involving ticks found on the skin of students…

Are Insect Pests A Problem In Museums? Although most museums appear to be excessively clean, insects can become problematic in any museum. Obviously museums display items that are made from a variety of different materials that are attractive to certain…

The arachnids that live on your skin are referred to as mites. This blog has already featured an article about mites that live on skin. However, skin mites do not just cause scabies in some people. Mites can be harmful…

How Are Termites Different From Other Social Insects? Although termites are social insects like bees, ants, and wasps, termites are not closely related to other social insects. All insects that live in social groups belong to the insect order known…

Seven New Species of Spiders Have Been Named After Beloved Fictional Spiders in Fantasy Literature A Brazilian research team chose to further immortalize several literary fantasy classics by naming seven new species of spiders they discovered in caves in northern…

Altering One Single Gene In A Termite Queen Results In Colony-Wide Anarchy There are around twenty six hundred different termite species living today. All of these species are somewhat different. For example, when it comes to replacing a dead queen,…

Keep Pests Outdoors Where They Belong This Winter Bug Busters USA offers the following tips for keeping homes pest-free this winter: Seal cracks and holes on the outside of your home to help prevent pests from getting inside. Be sure…

Termites Sometimes Feed On Buried Human Remains Generally speaking, people do not find termites to be interesting insects. In fact, termites are not well represented in scientific studies or academic articles. So even scientists cannot help but to find termites…

Several Different Types Of Birds Will Live And Breed Within Termite Nests Despite the fact that termites are one of the most environmentally beneficial species of insects that exist, they are not studied as often as many other types of…