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According to MSUE, rolled-up damp newspapers make the perfect shelter for earwigs and can be used as traps around your home ...
You’ve likely seen those evil ant-looking insects with wicked pincers at the tip of their abdomen in your house and heard ...
The European earwig (Forficula auricularia, or “scissor-butt ear-muncher” — my translation), first came to Colorado only ~75 years ago, but they have since thrived.
Male earwigs are known to show positive allometry in their forceps—pincer-like appendages at the tip of the abdomen—which are believed to have evolved as weapons in battles with rivals.
Female earwigs may be evolving exaggerated weaponry just like males. A study from Toho University found that female forceps, once assumed to be passive tools, show the same kind of outsized growth ...
If you think eating insects is gross, you may be in the cultural minority. Throughout history, people have relished insects as food. Today, many cultures still do. Ten thousand years ago hunters ...
A bed bug-ridden stay at a Ventura hotel turned into a multimillion-dollar jury payout for two guests who were “massacre[d] from bed bug bites” during their visit, according to court records.
Struggling with palmetto bugs in South Carolina? Here’s how to tell if you have an infestation, and how to keep them out of SC homes.
Chinchillas were chosen because their middle ear structure is similar to that of humans. In all of the animals treated with that version of the gel, just a single application completely cured the ...