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July 10, 2017

Insects Dwell Within Your Home Food Products More Often Than You May Think

Insects Dwell Within Your Home Food Products More Often Than You May Think You may be surprised to learn that insects infest the food items that we store in our pantries often. In fact, experts agree that these particular insect…

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March 24, 2017

Spring Pest Prevention Tips | Pest Control Atlanta

The spring months also mark the onset of harmful pests including stinging insects like yellowjackets, wasps and hornets, making pest prevention especially important this time of year. As suchBug busters USA recommends the following quick and simple, yet valuable, pest-proofing…

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February 22, 2017

This Time Of Year Brings Out The Poisonous Caterpillars

It is that time of year again when people become excited about locating and photographing the strange looking wooly bear caterpillars. These caterpillars are popular among bug enthusiasts and average joes alike because, according to folklore, these fuzzy caterpillars can…

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January 23, 2017

Lyme Disease Has Been Found In Nine US National Parks

Lyme disease causes a near perpetual flu-like state with varying degrees of severity, so it is tragic when we hear about people becoming infected with this disease. However, it is nice to know that the ticks responsible for spreading Lyme…

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January 20, 2017

Woman Suffers Heart Attack In Response To A Spider Attack

Everyone has been told repeatedly by experts that spiders cannot cause death, except in very rare circumstances. That may very well be true, but the fact is, people do indeed die in response to spider bites, even if the spider…

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January 18, 2017

What Time Of Year Sees The Greatest Number Of Spiders

Many people think that spiders are at their most numerous and active during the summer, especially the late summer. However, it is August and September that see the least amount of insects. Very few spiders will have fully matured by…

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December 16, 2016

New Possible Insecticide Found in Bacteria

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.…

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December 13, 2016

Why Are Roaches So Tough? And Can We Learn From Them?

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…

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December 6, 2016

Will Insects Become A Common Food Ingredient?

Last may the North American Edible Insect Coalition had its first meeting in Detroit. The fact that insects are not listed by the FDA as a safe food ingredient is more than likely one of the issues discussed at the…

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August 29, 2016

Bed Bug Doppelgangers

Bed bugs are everyone’s worst nightmare. Just the thought of possibly having a bed bug infestation can cause people to go into full blown panic mode. However, because we have such a paralyzing fear of them, sometimes we see bed…

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