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A few prevention tricks can help keep pests from dulling the shine of this year’s décor: Shake off trees and garlands. Carefully inspect them for pests or eggs that can hide in branches before bringing them indoors. If copying a…

Usually one goes to the hospital so they can get treatment to help them feel better from whatever ailment put them in the hospital. But, as many people know that is not always how things work. Doctors and hospitals themselves…

We find a great deal of our pharmaceutical ingredients right in our natural environment. Scientists recently discovered a new class of peptides called rhabdopeptide/xenortide peptides (RXPs) produced by the bacteria Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus that are able to kill insect larvae.…

Paul Brown, an insect expert, has never had any cause to fear wasps. That is until a few weeks ago when Paul found himself standing on a wasps’ nest. Initially he thought he was standing on some leaves and fungus…

You can’t always judge a book by its cover. Powerful creatures can often come in tiny packages. Such is the case with the pirate bug. The minute pirate bug is so small that it can be difficult to spot with…

Many people may have heard that cockroaches are pretty resilient creatures. They can thrive in the most unsanitary conditions without compromising their own good health. For ages researchers and entomologists have been puzzled over the cockroaches ability to live despite…

Nobody living in the United States is ignorant of the recent bug-eating fad. We have all heard of the benefits that can be had if only people would embrace roaches, crickets and worms as nutritious cuisine. Of course, my personal…

University of Indiana professor found a new species of spider while taking an inventory of plants, animals and fungi at the Glacier's End Nature Preserve. The recently discovered spiders are tiny, measuring in at two and half millimeters in size.…

Be very glad you are American and not British right now. Our neighbors across the Atlantic Ocean are having a rather tough time right now when it comes to spiders. Venomous false widow spiders, the cousin of the black widow,…

We all have insects and spiders living in our home with us. However, there is one plant that will scare away all of them including spiders, mice, and any other insects that may be hiding in the dark corners of…