Insects/Spiders (general)
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One Spider's Method to Prevent Overeating
Some spider brains are hard wired to kill and eat prey when it is captured. Replacing sticky threads with non-sticky ones prevents overindulgence. more...
Neurology of Insect Migration and Navigation
Genetically wired into insect brains are seasonal clocks, innate compasses, and maps that help these tiny long-distance migrants travel. more...
Newfound Understanding of Insect Migration
Migrating insects return to the same wintering locations while they fuel, rest, and use routes and flight patterns that are similar to those used by birds. more...
A Fantastic Dragonfly Migration
Dragonflies leave India, fly across the Indian Ocean to Africa with the assistance of storms, and their great grandchildren may make the return journey to India. more...
How to Avoid Tick Bites and Lyme Disease
Long, snowy winters and cool, rainy springs allow ticks to survive in high numbers. Thus, defensive prevention and tick checks are a must. more...
Wasps and bees have stingers to fight off rivals, defend nests, and deter predators. The insects vary in willingness to sting and the venom varies in the pain produced. more...
Beetles That Burrow and Tunnel
Whether carnivorous or herbivorous, many beetle larvae live invisibly inside plants or underground, sometime in numbers large enough to cause severe damage. more...
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Five Ways to Encourage Insects into Your Garden
By: Lynne Garner
Building your own bug homes is reasonably easy and can be done quite cheaply and is a great way of encouraging them into your garden. more...
By: Jon France
Royal jelly is an intriguing substance that has been rumored to have many uses. But what exactly is it, and what does it do? more...
Recognizing Dangerous Household Bugs
By: Venice Kichura
Not all insects are bad. However, you need to know, as well as teach your children, which ones are harmful. more...
Wheel Bug: An Assassin in Your Bug Collection
The wheel bug gives an extra something to any bug collection, but it is best to know as much about these assassins as possible before capturing or admiring them. more...
Raising Black Swallowtail Butterflies
You can't get kids any closer to nature than watching the miraculous transformation of the infamous 'parsley worm' into the jeweled beauty known as the Black Swallowtail. more...
New museum will feature 30,000 insects and arachnids, many live and touchable and some edible. The list will include termites, cockroaches, scorpions, mosquitoes, spiders more...
By: Cyrus Dehkan
Black Widow Spiders are considered the most poisonous spiders in North America. The article reviews this spiders characteristics and its habitat. more...
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