did you know? Ants
Ants can distinguish between sour, sweet, bitter and salty tastes. They have two kinds of stomachs: a traditional stomach and a crop. The food an ant eats for itself goes to the stomach. Food it...
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Many spiders live for one year, but some can produce more than a generation each year. Some live three to four years, and several tarantulas can live for more than 25 years. Studies have shown that...
View ArticleFood Plant & Stored Product Pests – Moths
While some moths, particularly the corn earworm, are significant agricultural pests, many others are important pollinators. Their hairy bodies pick up pollen from any flower they land on. Because of...
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The world’s largest known spider (it holds the Guinness World Record) is a male goliath bird-eating spider (Theraphosa blondi) collected by members of the Pablo San Martin Expedition at Rio Cavro,...
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Spider webs are stringed instruments. The silk can vibrate at a wide range of frequencies and, when plucked, give spiders vital information about the state of their webs. As a spider plucks and pulls...
View ArticleDid You Know? Raccoon Reproduction
■ Raccoons pair up only during the breeding season. Mating occurs as early as January to as late as June. The peak mating period is March to April. ■ After a 65-day gestation period, two to three kits...
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Did You Know? Cockroaches
American Cockroach. Photo courtesy of, and copyrighted by, Gene White, pmimages@earthlink.net American Cockroach ■ The American cockroach is the largest of the house-infesting cockroaches. ■ These...
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