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The Hidden Butterfly Trade
How the lucrative market could spark conservation.
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How a mosquito bites your flesh and sucks your blood
Usually, being bitten by a mosquito is an event that conjures up swear words and frantic itching, but more advanced souls might turn their thoughts to what exactly happens when the insect manages to get under your skin.
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Nanoparticles stop mosquitoes breeding
Water-soluble carbon nano-particles can prevent mosquito larvae from reaching maturity.
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This is an Orchid Mantis
A bug that looks like an orchid? get outta here..
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Why cockroaches stay in your neighborhood
New research shows the insects tend to stay in the neighborhoods they grew up in and segregate themselves, much like the city's ethnic groups and income classes. And as in many a New York immigrant tale, cockroaches' ancestors likely came to America as stowaways.
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Amorous insects predict the weather
People have long claimed that animals can predict the weather, for examply by curtailing their activity when rain threatens. Such theories have had little evidence to support them, but now, a team of scientists has found a concrete example: insects shy away from sex in response to the drop in atmospheric pressure that presages rain.
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Insects Are Less Randy in the Rain
For some humans, storms–with their raging winds and rains, passionate bursts of lightening and bone-rattling thunder–are prompts for romantic snuggling up. Likewise, few can argue that kissing in the pouring rain, Hollywood-style, isn’t a pretty thrilling experience. Insects, however, beg to differ. For them, overcast skies are the ultimate sexual buzz kill.
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Deadly Asian Giant Hornet Spotted in Arlington Heights, Illinois: Not Cicada Killer Wasp
Sunday, an Asian Giant Hornet or Japanese Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia) was spotted at a residence west of St. Viator High School. The insect was at least two inches long and as thick as a human thumb. It had a wide orange-yellow head with large eyes, and distinct yellow-orange and brownish-black bands on its body — like a bee.
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7 Insects You'll Be Eating in the Future
As the human population continues to inch closer to 8 billion people, feeding all those hungry mouths will become increasingly difficult. A growing number of experts claim that people will soon have no choice but to consume insects.
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US biologist discovers new species up his nose after research trip to Africa
Tony Goldberg, a US professor of pathobiological science, recently returned from an Africa research trip only to discover that a potentially new species of tick had come back with him hidden up his nose.
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Blood-filled mosquito is a fossil first
Insect’s bloated abdomen carries traces of blood molecules that are 46-million-years old.
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Cockroach farms multiplying in China
Farmers are pinning their future on the often-dreaded insect, which when dried goes for as much as $20 a pound — for use in Asian medicine and in cosmetics.
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Toyota Is Recalling More Than 800,000 Cars Because of Spiders
Toyota has announced that it is recalling 870,000 of its vehicles, among them Camrys, Venzas, Avalons, and hybrids with owners spread across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and 16 other countries. Airbags, it seems, have been spontaneously deploying on some of those vehicles across makes and model years—a state of affairs that can range from the merely annoying to the legitimately life-threatening.
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Mosquitoes Carrying Dengue, Yellow Fever Viruses Spotted In State
Mosquitoes carrying the yellow fever and dengue diseases spotted around the state. Vector control experts are trying to kill them off before the diseases attack people. They are going door-to-door to hunt for signs of Aedes aegypti. The mosquito carrying diseases were spotted in San Mateo County in August. Later it was seen in two other counties in California.
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'Spider outbreak' school closed
A school has been forced to close because of an outbreak of Britain's most venomous spider.
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What Does A Bee Look Like When It’s Magnified 3000 Times?
You’ve probably seen a bee fly by hundreds of times in your life, if not thousands. When it arrived, maybe attracted by something you were eating or drinking, you likely shooed it away, or perhaps remained entirely still to avoid provoking a sting.
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How dangerous are false widow spiders?
A school has been closed because of a venomous false widow spider, and experts say they are on the increase. But how much of a threat do they really pose?
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Dino impact 'also destroyed bees'
Scientists say there was a widespread extinction of bees 66 million years ago, at the same time as the event that killed off the dinosaurs.
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Mysterious Honey Discovered That Kills All Bacteria Scientists Throw At It
Australian researchers have been astonished to discover a cure-all right under their noses — a honey sold in health food shops as a natural medicine. Far from being an obscure health food with dubious healing qualities, new research has shown the honey kills every type of bacteria scientists have thrown at it, including the antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” plaguing hospitals and killing patients around the world.
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Tiny 'crazy ants' are a giant nuisance for U.S. Gulf Coast
Every few days, Joe Stuckey unleashes chemicals on the legions of tiny ants that invade his home and swarm over his 40-acre property south of Houston. Once they die, he scoops up them
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