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Why Northern Paper Wasps Can Be Considered Just As Dangerous As Yellow Jackets In Residential Areas Of Massachusetts
When attempting to determine how dangerous a particular venomous insect species is to humans, entomologists and other insect experts take many different aspects of a species’ behavior and distribution into account. For example, in the state of Arizona, Maricopa...
False Stable Fly Females Frequently Invade Homes Where They Lay Numerous Eggs Over A Variety Of Human Food Sources, Resulting In Frequent Intestinal Disease Cases
Stable flies are common biting insects that feed on the blood of humans and many animals. These flies pose a threat to humans in outdoor environments where they tend to bite ankles, and their mouthparts easily penetrate socks and stockings. While stable flies rarely...
Why Sewer-Dwelling Cockroaches And Ground Spiders Invade Homes In Response To Rainfall And Melting Snow
Numerous arthropod species establish nests or burrows within soil beneath the ground’s surface. Numerous ground spider species are known for frequently establishing subterranean burrows in residential yards, and several wasp species, particularly the German yellow...
Why Biting And Foul-Smelling Ground And Garden Beetles Frequently Invade Homes, And How They Can Be Controlled
Numerous beetle species are well known house pests in the northeast, including carpet beetles, lady beetles, wood-boring beetles, and beetles that feed on natural and packaged indoor food items. Black carpet beetles, varied carpet beetles and furniture carpet beetles...
The Most Annoying And Dangerous Arthropod Pests In Various Geographic Areas Of Massachusetts
Numerous arthropod pests become problematic once the spring season arrives in Massachusetts. Some of the most common include brown marmorated stink bugs, biting flies, termites, ants, mosquitoes, gnats, and of course, ticks. While a few arthropod pests can be...
The 4 Types Of Insect Pests Of Bathrooms
Finding insects in your bathroom is fairly common, due to the generally higher level of moisture in them from the use of sinks and showers, as well as their use for cleaning our own bodies. There are four main groups of insects and arthropods that are most commonly...
How To Properly Identify Carpet Beetle Species That Commonly Infect Massachusetts Homes
Along with clothes moths, carpet beetles are the most common insect pests to fabrics, as well as animal-sourced objects and attire. Unlike mature carpet beetle adults, only immature and larval carpet beetles damage such materials. Mature carpet beetles feast on...
Tiny Sewer-Dwelling Moth Flies Can Emerge From Indoor Drains In Such High Numbers That It Can Be Difficult To Avoid Inhaling Them
Insects like flies and cockroaches are commonly considered the most disgusting insect pests to find within a home, but anyone who has ever experienced an infestation of moth flies may disagree. Moth flies are abundant in sewer systems where they proliferate in massive...
How A New Policy At A Hampton Library Will Help To Prevent Bed Bugs, Cockroaches, Silverfish And Other Pests From Spreading Into Homes
Bed bugs have been pests to mankind well before the first civilizations appeared on earth thousands of years ago. During the age of exploration, the parasitic insects spread to North America by hitching rides on ships departing from Europe. The first half of the 20th...
A Woman Was Denied Medical Care After Doctors Learned Of Her Bed Bug Bites
During previous and less enlightened eras in history, people who were suspected of being diseased were ostracized, even if they were not diseased. As recently as the 1980s and 90s, people who were thought to have HIV or AIDS were cruelly stigmatized and avoided by...