My friend Jory is having problems with a flea infestation in his new house. Here’s what he has to say: So, I moved into a new place a week ago Sunday. The woman there before me got two kittens about 3 weeks before she moved out. And there are friggin’ fleas. So far, I’ve tried [...]
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The capricorn beetle, thought to be extinct in England since the late 18th century has been found hanging out on the side walk. Experts believe this wood-feeding insect may have hitched a ride on some imported wood pallets from a distant country, but are still intrigued by its arrival and subsequent discovery. The specimen was [...]
The World Health Orginazation has just released a comprehensive report, written by various pest athorities, about the status of urban pests. This report is meant to be a basis for public policy. The orgination asked leading experts on various pests to put together as much information about each pest as possible. The pests covered in [...]
Cloth and Fodder has a great, indepth post about the process of making a wasp cake (it looks like Arachnospila sp. to me). The post takes you through the full process of making the cake, along the will the intricate steps and various photos. What a beautiful result! –Adrienne –Source
Killerstartups.com just announced the creation of a new research resource: ISpecies.org. The service is simply a specialized search engine that allows for the targeted searching of a specific species. The engine mines everything from Wikipedia to Google Scholar and gives you a list of articles, the Wiki entry, up to 5 pictures, and a variety [...]
A fabulous blog, Dark Roasted Blend, has a series of close-up arthropod faces (they call them “bug” faces, but then the first picture is a hook worm….Civilians.) on their site today. It’s a great read, with some amazing photos. If only these came in 8×10! I know what I want for Christmas this year… –Adrienne [...]
So Trendhunter has a new post up about insect-shaped cooking ware. Not a very interesting post, however, as it only talks about ant-shaped salt and pepper shakers. Cute, but not that interesting. I know for a fact there’s more stuff out in the big bad world (as I seem to get some of it every [...]
(Image courtesy of SolidPerfume.com) Apartment Therapy (ever heard of them? A great read!) has an interesting article up today about becoming a backyard beekeeper. As food prices rise and people get more interested in sustainable food sources and living-off-the-land, beekeeping is going to become more and more popular in suburbs and cities. Beekeeping is actually [...]
According to reports, scientists have created a network of insect spies–insects with cameras and computer chips embedded in their bodies that send information back to computers. Several articles have commented on the stupidity of these experiments (along with expounding on a variety of conspiracies associated with insect spies), but I think it’s neato. Besides, [...]
