What Sort Of Features Characterize The Ideal Insect Pest Harborage Or Nesting Site Within And Around Homes?
In order for insect pests to establish a lasting infestation within a home, the home must provide the environmental conditions that the insects require to survive. For example, since subterranean termites require moisture in order to survive, they can only establish...
How To Keep Pests Out Of Your Apartment
Apartments are great because they allow you to live in the city and shorten your commute. Apartment living also provides easier access to shops, grocery stores, restaurants and other downtown venues. You also get to live with neighbors and maybe even form a friendship...
The Long History Of Mice And Men
The common house mouse is as iconic and as recognizable as a dog, cat or a horse. However, we know surprisingly little about its origins. New research has revealed that not only have these pests been around humans for much longer than previously thought, they also had...
Mind-controlling Fungus? Zombie Cicadas? More Real Than You Think!
We often look at nature and we feel wonder, and sometimes horror, but every now and then a story is so crazy that we think we’re being pranked. There is a species of parasitic fungus that infects male cicadas, and then forces them to behave like females in order to...
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