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The Metallic Destroyer
The Metallic Destroyer If you live in eastern America and take a walk through your yard, you may notice something terrible occurring to your grass, trees, and shrubs. You might begin to notice brown...
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The Green Defender
Green Defender From the title, you might immediately think of the super hero named the Green Lantern. On a miniature scale, you wouldn’t be far off. If you go out at night and look at your porch...
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Sand Suckers
Sand Suckers Take a trip to a sandy beach, or set up a camp in a sandy desert and you may soon find yourself covered in hundreds of little bites. You might immediately blame mosquitoes, yet you will...
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Get in the Groove and Make a Move
Get in the Groove and Make a Move He is flashy and if a he sees a girl walk by, he will strut. If he thinks he has a chance with her, you will see him drop everything and dance. He will keep on...
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Arachnophobics Beware
That is One Big, Big, Spider Arachnophobics beware. You have seen garden spiders, black widows, and wolf spiders, yet nothing can prepare you for the massive size of this eight-legged arachnid. If...
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The Minute Pirate Bug
Avast Ye Scurvy Dogs, Insect Ho! In the early 1700’s the Caribbean Sea was notorious for piracy. The last thing you wanted to see off your starboard bow was a flag bearing the dreaded skull and cross...
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I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Burn Your Skin Off
I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Burn Your Skin Off When you think of insect defense mechanisms, images of fangs, stingers, and stench might come to your mind. If you mess with a spider, you might get...
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Go Green… Nah, Get Blue Bees
Go Green… Nah, Get Blue Bees Everyone has heard of honeybees. They gather nectar, fly back to their nest, and create golden honey. Honeybees are not the only type of pollinator though. Hundreds of...
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Big and Ugly Monster
Navajo Indians called them Skull Insects or bone neck beetles. Other Native Americans called it Old Bald-Headed Man. Its head looks like a blood red skull and is nearly the size of your index finger....
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Crazy Camouflage and Maniac Mimicry
Crazy Camouflage and Maniac Mimicry You have seen camouflage. If you are a deer hunter or army veteran, you have worn camouflage to hide from prey or blend in to your surroundings. The insect world...
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Where did all these holes come from?
Where did all these holes come from? If the shirts you hang inside your closet are full of little holes, a tiny insect might be the cause of your problems. Meet the clothing moth, scientific name...
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Tricky Ticks
Tricky Ticks They have eight little legs, are found throughout the world, and love to drink blood. If you have ever been hiking or camping, you know all about this small arachnid. If your home borders...
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Swarmin Mormon’s Imagine driving your car and coming across a section of road where there are so many insects that the road and landscape becomes a swarming, writhing mass of moving legs and darkness....
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“It’s Only a Fly”
Never Say, “It’s Only a Fly”, Ever Again No matter where you go in the world, there are going to be insects. There is one type of insect you will find on every continent, including Antarctica. What...
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Croaked; the Tale of an Insidious Insect
Croaked; the Tale of an Insidious Insect When you think of insects, it isn’t difficult to imagine their dog eat dog world where bugs eat other bugs. Within the world of insects, a predator can...
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Hide Your Kids… If You Are a Spider
Hide Your Kids… If You Are a Spider Imagine being a proud spider mom. You lay a bunch of eggs and surround them in layers of protective silk. When they hatch, you will have hundreds of little spider...
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Ant Meets Butterfly
Ant Meets Butterfly Image by Aleksey Gnilenkov Carpenter ants love wood. If the studs in the walls of your home are made of wood, then carpenter ants could find a way to live behind your sheetrock....
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When Zombies Become Real
When Zombies Become Real flickr image by shikeroku From the film The Night of the Living Dead, to the modern television series The Walking Dead, the last thing you want to wake up to is a zombie...
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Tanks and Trains
Tanks and Trains flickr image by ghost of anja When you see a spider running across your kitchen floor, you know that a rolled up newspaper or a well-placed shoe will eliminate the problem. Shoes may...
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Just Keep Swimming?
Just Keep Swimming? With large pedipalps used for grabbing prey and a long tail tipped with a poisonous stinger, the last thing you want crawling around in your bed at night is a scorpion. If you...
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