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Chiggers: Invisible pests
One of the peskiest outdoor insects may be crawling around your neck of the woods. Chiggers are nearly ... Read more
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Billions of ‘Brood X’ cicadas? Local infestation isn’t likely
Creepy-crawly bugs and critters: With summer on the way, news outlets have fallen hard for the sensational story ... Read more
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Massive yellow jacket nests appearing in Alabama
Imagine a colony of yellow jackets the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, filled with 15,000 of the stinging ... Read more
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(Video) 25 years after The X-Files premiered, Dana Scully is still inspiring women to pursue STEM careers
Insects, those creepy, crawly residents of nature’s demi-monde, were not what the girls in my high school class ... Read more
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What’s in a name? Ask these 6 onetime nobodies
It’s a very small insect – a micro moth, in fact – with a yu-u-u-ge name: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi. Read more
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What’s in a name? Ask these 6 onetime nobodies
It’s a very small insect – a micro moth, in fact – with a yu-u-u-ge name: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi. Read more
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A ‘sixth sense’ for humidity helps insects stay out of climatic trouble
The amount of water vapor in the air – humidity – profoundly alters our experience of the environment ... Read more
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How many types of bugs live in your house right this minute? Science weighs in
If you’re reading this at home, you are currently surrounded by arthropods – invertebrates with exoskeletons and jointed ... Read more
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Bad news: Raindrops don’t swat down mosquitoes
A mosquito buzzes its way toward an open window, its unsuspecting victim sleeping peacefully in bed. Suddenly, a ... Read more
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Evangeline Sloan: Insects are worse than usual this year
Garden tip: Watch out for all insects. I have not seen as many in several years. Keep a ... Read more