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Lice, Fleas and Bed Bugs spoiling the ambience of your home
15/06/2011 19:53
These are generally the parasites who feed off on the body of another animal. Lice, fleas and bed bugs are some of the common parasites of man. And all these insects are blood suckers and live on our blood.
These blood suckers do have some basic features. Bed bugs are brown in color. Bed bugs...
Why Insects Have a Hard Time
07/06/2011 17:51
You probably think you are having a hard time, keeping up payments on your mortgage, looking after the kids and meeting all the deadlines. While all of these are difficult, spare a thought for insects. While they do not have to worry about bills or need to remember their mother in laws...
What Is Metamorphosis Process
02/06/2011 18:54
Throughout our lives, humans change. We start off as small and helpless creatures, grow to maturity and then grow older and frailer. However, we maintain our basic form throughout, with only minor variations. Insects and other creatures go through drastic physical changes, a process that is...
Securing your Vineyard from Pests
21/05/2011 10:58
Saving your vineyard from pests is like saving your investment from predators. Your hard work goes in vain if rodents, birds and other pests spoil the fruits especially if you are into commercial marketing of your products. Insects and at many places deer and other animals may also be a cause of...
Defence Mechanisms of Insects
12/05/2011 18:14
Being an insect is tough work, they are predated upon by virtually every type of animal, from carnivorous plants through to mammals, from arachnids through to members of their own class. In response, many insects have developed a complex defence mechanism. There are a wide variety of different...
Are Dead Animals at Your Home after Flood
03/05/2011 16:07
The flood waters were devastatingly powerful, ripping and wrenching at anything and everything. It’s amazing what has been washed where, as the waters recede the potent and invasive nature of the flooding was revealed. Unfortunately, most of what has been surged into homes is highly...
How To Manage Ant Infestation
26/04/2011 18:11
If you have an ant infestation then you need to move it, pronto. The best thing to do is to call your local pest control professionals as they can totally remove the infestation. However, if you want to do it yourself then there are a number of ways of going about this.
The best way involves a...
Why Roaches Love Beer
24/04/2011 16:58
Everyone knows a couple of interesting and quirky facts about cockroaches. There are so many of them out there, from the spooky but true fact that they can survive a nuclear holocaust right through to them being one of the oldest species of insects on the planet.
You might know these and many...
Mice Sniff Better Than Dogs
11/04/2011 17:34
We are all accustomed to the sight of sniffer dogs working at airports looking for explosives, drugs and contraband foodstuffs, or on the job in disaster zones and in the bush looking for people who need help. The canine olfactory capacity is legendary, yet a little known fact is that mice are...
Can be Mice and Humankind Seriously Comparable?
07/04/2011 17:26
As much as many people may not like to hear it or think about it, humans and mice are actually very similar. We are both mammals, meaning we belong to the same class of air breathing vertebrate animals characterized by having hair, three middle ear bones and mammary glands, but our similarities...