Insect repellent

Germany offers their anteaters a mix of honey, diced fruits (including apples), boiled eggs and other proteins. In the United States, zoos feed their anteaters soft pellets made specifically for insectivores. Insectivores are animals that primarily eat insects. When a Giant Anteater feels threatened, it stands on its hind legs, hold its arms out wide with its claws spread. To keep their claws sharp, they walk on their knuckles with their claws tucked under. Can you flick your tongue in and out…

Introduction Africanized bees, better known as killer bees, are a subspecies of honey bee and are very dangerous, unlike the honey bee, which is docile unless provoked. Let's get into how they came to bee. History Scientist Warwick E. Kerr was attempting to crossbreed honey bees from Europe and Southern Africa so that they would make more honey. It was also to attempt to make them more adaptable to tropical conditions thus being more productive. The crossbred species was then moved to…

Pesticides appear to play a great role in cases of colony collapse. For example, neonicotinoids appear to impact bee behavior in ways that easily provide the opportunity for illnesses and parasites to strike when a bee already has a poor diet and a hampered immune system. A neonicotinoid is a newer form of pesticide which is produced in the form of pellets and put into the soil. When watered, the crops absorb the chemicals from these pellets through their roots. This makes them pest-resistant…

Introduction Oviposition is described as one of the final steps in reproduction in insects. It includes the deposition of mature eggs onto an object that is outside the body of the female insect (Saunders 2003). Where and how the organism oviposits depends on the behavioral aspects of different species. Another factor that can influence the oviposition of eggs involves the release of chemicals. The Diving Beetle chooses plants that have readily available food for their newly hatched young. They…

in certain environments/habitats, these adaptations are crucial for the survival of an organism. Group 2 - Insects Insects are able to survive on land or in water. Both land insects and aquatic insects do the same gas exchange process however both have different adaptations that allow them to live in either land or water. A diving beetle and a mayfly are both good examples of how insects have adaptations that allow them to live in the water and be fully submerged without drowning. Diving…

having the right protection is vital. Our wasp control experts can handle nests in safety thanks to the latest equipment we use, allowing us to efficiently handle and dispose of the problem at your convenience. Win back your garden from these nuisance insects and enjoy the weather in…

are common insects. Mealworms infest stored products. The mealworm/darkling beetle’s scientific name is Tenebrio molitor. As larvae, mealworms are long and cylindrical, with hard light-brown bodies. Mealworms grow to become darkling beetles with a 2-3 centimeter long black body. The larvae, the only point in the insect’s life when the insects are called mealworms, become fully grown into beetles in close to 3 months. The mealworm/darkling beetle’s life cycle is as follows. The insect starts as…

the ground and filled with 100ml of propylene glycol, to act as a relatively non-evaporative and non-toxic killing fluid to trap passing insects which fell into it (Skvarla et al. 2014). Four traps were placed linearly at 50m intervals in each territory on the first day after chicks hatched, and retrieved 22 days post-hatch (White 2017). The mean number of insects per trap was determined by totalling the trapping rates for individual traps and averaging for all traps within a territory. Boxes…

Bees; people are often allergic, or just scared of them all together. They have stingers, they hurt, and no one really loves the feeling of being attacked by an insect that could potentially kill you. However, without these bees we cannot pollinate flowers or crops, which causes a huge chain reaction of other insects and animals disappearing one right after the other. The bees are dying, and if we don't step up to the plate and help, the world is going to change forever. Bees are dying at such…

There are few things in this world that affect every single thing on this Earth. Possibly because they are a common sight, most people do not realize one of these creatures is the lowly honeybee. They affect humanity and everything on Earth more than most know or admit. The sad thing is bees seem to mysteriously be disappearing when we need them most. Bees are a fundamental part of Earth, and we must act now to help them to save our precious home. The decline in bee population has been…