Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
You have to be kidding!
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Guest Blogger on Carpenter Ants!
Hello Arizona!
   My name is Brian Hanly and I represent JP McHale Pest Management in New York. I am here today writing about one of the most common pests here in the northeast, the Carpenter Ant. Carpenter ants are large and black, typically found on the outside of a home. Decks and walkways are common [...]
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Invasive Species Have Caused Over 25 Million In Damages
Asian longhorn, other bugs causing million$ in damage
By Jessica Fargen
As state officials prepare to mark one year of battling the tree-killing Asian longhorned beetle in Worcester, another invasive bug that has wiped out millions of trees in other states is on the horizon.
Since the longhorned beetle, believed to have been imported in packaging from Asia, [...]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Cool Bugs…
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The Hymenopus coronatu, aka Orchid mantis, is a variety of flower mantis usually found in Malaysia and Indonesia. Doesn’t the mantis pictured look just like an orchid? They hide in the flowers they resemble, waiting for other delicious insects to alight.
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Perhaps we would never –or rarely– have heard of such a creature if it was [...]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
ANOTHER Scorpion Attack at Sky Harbor…Seriously?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 4:06pm MST
Scorpion sting derails Sky Harbor traveler
Phoenix Business Journal
A 19-year old man was stung in the neck Tuesday by a scorpion at a security checkpoint at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Cris Belfer, 19, of New Jersey missed his flight back east after the sting and feeling poorly, according to KNXV-TV ABC [...]
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
250,000 Bees Inside Home!
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Swarms of bees keep experts busy
Calls to fire departments, exterminators spike
by Jackee Coe – Jul. 20, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Experts are warning about an increase in bee swarms, spurred by the Valley’s wet winter.
Firefighters said calls about swarms in public places such as schools and parks have jumped in many cities, from the East to the West Valley. Goodyear [...]
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Interesting bug facts
* The weight of all Americans is less than one fiftieth of the insects, earthworms, and spiders in the United States.*Insects date back to over 300 million years!
* Based on various sampling, the total number of insect species is between 15 and 30 million.
* Some female cockroaches are devoted mothers, carrying their offspring in little [...]
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
Four Prisoners Hospitalized as Bees Attack Prison
Fort Lauderdale – South Florida officials reported that four people needed to be hospitalized after being stung as a swarm of bees attacked a women’s penitentiary.
The attack took place at the Broward Correctional Institution where at least eight people, including guards and inmates, were treated Wednesday evening after being stung by the bees.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue [...]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Cool Bugs!
Damselfly is the common name for any of the predaceous insects comprising the suborder Zygoptera of the order Odonata, characterized by an elongated body, large multifaceted eyes that are widely separated, and two pairs of strong transparent wings, which at rest typically are held folded together above the abdomen or held slightly open above the [...]
