Insect repellent

pests in our everyday environment. They vary in size from 2.4 to 3.2 mm and can take shelter both outdoors and indoors. They feed on sugary snacks like honeydew, a glucose-filled fluid produced by small arthropods like aphids. They also feed on dead insects and spiders. To most people, the odorous house ants may seem like any other ant. However, if you squish one Tapinoma Sessile ant, it will give off a blue cheese/ coconut smell that works to fend off predators and acts as a pheromone, defined…

Aijun Zhang, a chemist working with the Agriculture Research Service, Invasive Insect Biocontrol, and the Behavior Laboratory in Beltsville Maryland, has found a solution to the SWD problem, Methyl benzoate. Methyl benzoate is emitted by snapdragons and petunias, to attract bees. SWD, unlike bees, is repelled from Methyl benzoate, and can even be killed by Methyl benzoate. Zhang was not working on creating a repellent for the SWD when he first started this project. He started the project with…

little flying insects in their house, especially if they’re already in front of your face or flying around your food. These insects are small, usually long-legged, are considered as weak fliers and are called a gnat. These insects have many names like ‘fungus gnats’, ‘vinegar flies’ or even ‘fruit flies’. Why are there little flying gnats in my house? Know why there are gnats inside your house, you need to understand first what they are and how to identify them. Gnats are flying insects,…

where insecticides offer short-term degree of effectiveness. Additionally, the extent of their developmental habitat is extremely wide-spread. One method of pest management is the use of traps; however their effect is limited to a small scale. Insect repellents are helpful but they are not overly effective. A better prevention option is to clothe and protect exposed parts of the body to reduce the likelihood of horse fly bites. The symptoms and bite reactions include localized swelling and…

American where their natural enemies were few. If you want to return your garden to a beetle-free paradise, there are steps you can take to reclaim your land from these plant-damaging pests. Hand Removal It's a gross prospect if you're not a fan of insects, but…

most of his time at his neighborhood park. His normal routine after he got off the bus from school was to go home, eat a snack of some sort, change into his play clothes and head outside to adventure. He loved observing all the flowers, trees and insects he could find. His favorite thing to do was to pick a new type of flower each day and take it home every night to give to his mom. He liked to observe all the…

on him. This is due to the fact that Gregor had no longer acquired the ability to work to work and provide for his family. After everything he had done for his family, it seemed to hold no meaning to them. They were embarrassed and ashamed of their insect family member. Each one of the family members were proved to be ungrateful, selfish, manipulative people. The Samsa family no longer had a use for Gregor. The love that was thought to be there began to show. This was a immature love, which…

Pollinators on the Decline In recent years North America has been faced with a sharp decline in bee populations. Beekeepers are used to a certain amount of bees and hives dying off but the winter and spring of 2006-2007 brought about the most precipitous decline in decades. The historical rate for overwintering losses is 10-15% but from 2007-2011 this rate has been 28-33% (The Situation, n.d.). This event from 2007 has been coined as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and affecting as many as 35…

to Gregor’s caretaker, bringing him food and cleaning his room. In contrast to the rest of the family, who abandon Gregor and lock him inside his room, she takes responsibility for him because of her close relation to him before he turned into an insect. “She brought him […] a whole array of things.”(109) However, when the family burden begins falling heavily on her and she is forced to get a job, she renounces to her position taking care of Gregor. Later, she is persuaded by the stressful…

The lesson called Home Grown Caterpillars is a lesson about the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly (life cycle process) while creating a three dimensional piece of art to express idea, experience, or story. The story associated with this lesson is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The art piece is a replica of the caterpillar during a butterfly’s life cycle made out of grass seed, soil, stockings, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. This lesson would be considered an art enhanced lesson…