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Date From Hell: Some Male Spiders Eat Females After Mating Most of us have heard of black widow females eating the males after they mate, but I’ve personally never heard of the opposite. Sexual cannibalism is a somewhat common practice…

The Acrobatic Bugs That May Eradicate An Invasive Plant Species Will Soon Be Released Into The Wild For researchers, developing chemicals that effectively eradicate invasive species is extremely hard to pull off. However, finding an insect that feeds on an…

Cockroaches Avoid Eating Sweets In Order To Survive These days many people around the world are becoming progressively more health conscious. Now that a variety of different foods can be accessed from your nearest grocery store, avoiding starvation is no…

Ants And Aphids Enjoy A Mutually Beneficial Partnership In the arthropod world it is not uncommon to find two different insect species indulging in a mutually beneficial relationship. These beneficial relationships do not always occur between two insects. For example,…

A Termite Infested Museum May Now Contain Damaged Relics That Were Once Priceless Although termites can be problematic in regions as far north as Canada and Russia, the greatest diversity of termite species reside in tropical regions. Not surprisingly, termite…

The Snakes That Decapitate Termites Termites are talented insects as they are capable of creating state of the art nesting mounds. However, individual termites are generally not the most aggressive of insects, and since termites are relatively small insects, they…

An Elderly Woman Was Sent To A Cockroach-Infested Dump By The British Government In the United Kingdom social welfare programs provide housing for many homeless citizens who are physically unable to work. As you can imagine these British social welfare…

Springtails Are Coming Out to Play Springtails, also referred to as snow fleas, are quite aptly named, as they make there appearance when winter is coming towards its end, the temperature is steadily rising, and spring is just on the…

2018 may be “the year of the dog,” but March could certainly be considered the month of springtime pests, especially ants. When the flowers bloom and temperatures rise, ants often march indoors in search of a consistent food and water…

A Community Fundraiser May Save A Disabled Couple’s Termite Damaged Home Imagine that you are sitting in your home one evening while watching television only to become startled by an extremely loud boom that sounds like a car crashing into…