Insect

environmental conditions contribute to their widespread assortment. Gaps in diversity indices do not only occur amongst insect populations residing at regionally distinct locations as these influences are also reflected in arthropod communities over small distances. Climatic conditions often lead to insect migrations and extinctions which allows the level of diversity of insects in communities to reflect variations in climatic conditions in different regions (Reich et al. 2014). As results for…

In the state of New Hampshire, beautiful flowers, amongst other plant and fruit life, bloom in the spring and last through the fall when the weather begins to chill. These plants are able to grow and produce through pollination. Unfortunately, many of the honey bees are dying off and without them to pollinate, crops will not survive, flowers and fruit will not grow, and we will lose many other luxuries bees and their honey provide us with. The decrease in the honey bee population is becoming…

arthropod is now found worldwide. They prefer cool damp places outside. Inside the home, they can be found anywhere, but prefer basements and bathrooms which tend to be more humid. Diet: An insectivore, it kills and eats other arthropods such as insects and spiders. Interaction with Humans: S. coleoptrata can spend their entire lives living in the human home without an issue. They are generally harmless. Stings are uncommon, and the mouths of house centipedes are not strong enough to easily…

Dicke, an ecological entomologist, in his talk Why not eat insects at TEDGlobal 2010, suggests that consuming insects as a source of food can help counter this issue. His targeted audience is essentially people across all continents with access to the talk, but more specifically towards people in Western world. Dicke attempts to change people’s preconceptions of insects and tries to convince his audience to get on board with eating insects. Throughout the talk, Dicke used appeals to ethos,…

Traditional domestication of bees began in the early 1800’s along with most early advent of manmade beehives. Since these early pioneers of apiculture, beekeeping has progressed to an essential aspect of modern agriculture. In America, the production of specialty foods such as berries, nuts, fruit, and vegetables have become reliant on not only wild pollinators as a whole, but domesticated bee’s specifically. Beekeeping has become a reputable business, one that entails beekeepers traveling…

There are many direct causes. For example, pesticides and insecticides, such as neonicotinoids are at fault. Neonicotinoids are a type of insecticide that is less toxic to birds and mammals, but is more toxic to insects than a normal insecticide. Due to their high toxicity, these neonicotinoids, as well as any chemical, can cause an ever more occurring incident called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Colony Collapse Disorder is an incident that befalls a hive when…

It is clear that the Western world is still far away from accepting entomophagy as a daily eating practice, however, the many medical purposes that insects pertain is becoming a topic that is more open to discussion (DeFoliart, 1999, 45). It is interesting to see how the western world is known to consume non-nutritional food items, such as fast foods, however, they are so resistant of entomophagy; a…

Termites are little vegetable and wood eating insects that cause thousands of dollars in repair costs for many homeowners in Australia. They also serve as an important food source to many creatures as well. Here are 10 animals that eat termites. Red-Headed Woodpecker The classic portralyel of a woodpecker pecking away at trees is more than just a cliche. In all acutailty they are busily searching for a variety of pest ssuch as beetle larvae, ants and termites. Red-headded qwoodpeckers are…

Bees and wasps are one of the common insects; they are common in their color yellow and black stripes; they are buzzing around the people, and if you are not lucky enough they will sting you, and you will not like being stung with a bee. Based on my experience, a wasp stung my ear, so my ear was swollen and I was suffering for a week with swollen ear; I felt like I was an elephant or an elf. After that I started to hate bees and wasps. I registered in the Linc Home Study to improve my…

One of the most intimidating tasks challenging an aspiring entomologist is the identification of species within a family as diverse as ground beetles (Choate, 2001). Ground beetles are one of the most diverse insect families in the word. They occur in apparently all terrestrial habitats and represent a major part of the invertebrate predator guild of the soil fauna, e.g. in forests, maquis and agrocoenoses (Arndt et al., 2011). Ground beetles are often chosen for study because they are abundant…