For those in the Northeast who have entomophobia (fear of insects), winter is a welcome relief. Mosquitoes are gone, temporarily. Yellowjackets are gone, temporarily. Even the foraging ants are gone, fortunately. Unfortunately, what hasn’t gone are the indoor pests (What Happens to Indoor Insects in Winter?). Winter might slow them down a bit as average…
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Groundhog Day is one of the stranger American celebrations, if you can call it that. It’s more of a media event. Old guys dressed up in top hats and tails grab poor Punxsutawney Phil from his den. Phil blinks sleepily into the cameras. Words are said, weather predictions are made, and the event is over…
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My daughter said she learned in her science class about a little beetle that feeds on prescription drugs and even eats things like strychnine. I know insects do strange things but is that really true? R. W., Alton, NH It is true. I’m sure that the beetle you’re talking about is the drugstore beetle, Stegobium…
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My husband just found what looks like a mouse nest in the back corner of a dresser drawer in the spare bedroom. What are mice doing in the bedroom? How can we tell if this is an old nest or if the mice are still around? E. G., Danvers, MA If your husband found a…
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Flies are an expected and very useful presence when a human corpse is discovered. Knowing the biology of flesh-feeding flies can give an investigator all kinds of important information, but not recognizing fly specks for what they are (basically fly vomit) can jeopardize an investigation. To the crime scene investigator, the “specks” left by flies…
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