Thousands Of Cars Were Recalled Because Spiders Had Infiltrated The Gas Tanks I have always dreamed of having my very own Porsche 550 Spyder. And that is “spyder” with a “Y”, not an “I”. You have probably heard of spiders and other insects infesting the interiors of cars. Spiders are often found within the engines…
Read MoreAggressive Parasitoid Wasps Will Soon Wage War On Emerald Ash Borers The emerald ash borer has been mentioned before. These bugs are invasive to the United States, and they are continuing to move from state to state. Ash borers can destroy ash trees in no time at all. Some state forestry officials are clueless as…
Read MoreWhich Occupations Carry The Highest Risks Of Insect And Spider Related Death? Some occupations come with serious health-hazards, or an increased risk of on-the-job death. The obvious examples include miners, pilots and law enforcement officers, and you could think of more examples with no problem. However, which occupations put individuals at the highest risk of…
Read MoreSpiders Hiding in Your Fruit A lot of the fruit we buy at our local grocery stores actually travel a long way to get to us. Sometimes a few stowaways get included in the shipments of fruit we get from places like South America and the United Kingdom. While these hitchhikers might scare the daylights…
Read MoreThe Forensic Entomologists That Investigate Insect Contaminated Food There have always been televised programs that portray the nature of police work, and this has been the case even when the popularity of television was in its infancy several decades ago. During recent years, however, television programs shifted to portraying the nature of forensic police work.…
Read MoreThe Heat Is Bringing Out Large Amounts Of Brown Recluse Spiders In The South Brown recluse spiders are traveling the countryside again. If you are a resident of a southern state, then you may have noticed the influx of brown recluse spiders. Dozens of spider bite incidents have been reported in the southern region of…
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