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You may be familiar with the annual Burning Man festival that takes place in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Usually this famous festival goes off without a hitch, however, this year they've been infested with swarms of stinking, biting bugs that are somehow finding a way to survive the extreme heat and burning hot sun. At first no one could figure out what kind of bugs were ruining the fun, but new information has surfaced and the pest has been found out. It looks like there are actually two species of bugs bugging Burning Man

Carnivorous plants need to procreate too. How do they do this? Why through pollination, of course. They grow flowers for insects to pollinate when they are ready to reproduce. Unfortunately, this involves the very insects that they also lure into their clutches and eat. So, how do these plants that are known for eating insects get those very insects to also pollinate them so that they can continue to thrive as a species? They somehow need to be able to still trap and eat insects without ruining their chances of getting pollinated

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You've probably been hearing about the insect eating trend that has been sweeping across the world. Insects appear to be the answer to all of our problems with sustainability, as they are an inexpensive source of sustenance and provide much more of the nutrients our bodies need such as protein and essential vitamins and minerals. But people aren't the only ones insects are being pushed on. Insects could provide a cheap, sustainable, and healthy food source for that meat we humans crave. This means we humans could still eat traditional meat sources, and they'd be cheaper to feed as well as less of a burden on the Earth. And now the first commercial animal feed, piglet feed to be precise, made with insect oil

I cannot count the number of times spider experts have told me that spiders are nothing to fear, and spiders will not bite you unless you provoke them, and, of course, spider bites are harmless, the vast majority of them anyway. But the news is full of stories telling about the severe consequences of spider bites. One such story involves a man who was hospitalized for days after he was bit by a little spider.

During a series of expeditions in northern Greenland researchers unearthed a fossi

Parasitic wasps are pretty simple creatures, but they rely heavily on their ability to sniff out proper hosts. Parasitic wasps are normally valued by farmers and gardeners because they destroy many different types of plant pests. A recent study conducted by researchers from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology discovered that parasitic wasps prioritize their memories

Researchers from Emory University have recently published a study describing how adult fruit flies protect their larvae from parasitic wasps. A mother fruit fly will protect her larvae from predators by...well...forcing alcohol onto them. Despite the fruit flies liking of fermented fruit, the mothers are not trying to share the joys of alcohol intoxication with their young, rather the mother's use of the alcohol works as a method of repelling parasitic wasps

If anybody has ever told you that bugs will not crawl into your orifices while you are sleeping at night, then they were either lying, or, more likely, they truly thought that terrible things like that actually do not really happen. Well those people do not know what they are talking about because doctors report patients coming into the emergency room with bugs in their orifices often. According to health care professionals it is not uncommon for terrified people to seek medical attention for insects stuck in their ears.