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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most children are fascinated with grasshoppers. The grasshopper pictured is the Romalea guttata, or eastern lubber grasshopper (or just "lubber grasshopper"). It is the most distinctive species that thrives in the southeastern and south central portion of the United States. Reaching nearly 3 inches (8 cm), it is well known both for its size and its unique coloration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Like all insects, this species of grasshopper will go through several stages. When in the nymph stage (youth), it is much smaller than in the adult stage, wingless and completely black with one or more yellow, orange or red stripes. In the adult stage, they reach 2.5–3 inches (64–76 mm), grow wings half the length of their body and become either a dull yellow often characterized by black spots and markings, a bright orange with black markings, or entirely black (as in the nymph stage) with yellow or red striping. In the black adult color phase, the grasshopper is widely known by the name "diablo" or "black diablo". In Louisiana, they are known as the Devil's Horse or cheval-diable. Some may even call it the "graveyard grasshopper". </span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Romalea guttata occurs west of North Carolina to Tennessee, in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, and throughout Florida and Arizona. They live in open pinewoods, weedy vegetation and weedy fields. Sometimes these grasshoppers live in sewers, since grass and other food sources accumulate there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This insect has many ways of defense. The first is its brightly colored warning pattern (aposematism). The insect can emit a foul-smelling and foul-tasting foamy secretion from the thorax when it is disturbed which is dark colored and opaque. It also lets off a loud hissing sound that can scare animals. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romalea_guttata" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wikipedia</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span></span><br />
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a child, I'm sure most of us have collected a few fireflies and put
them in a jar. Their magical light captivated us (at least for a few
precious years) in our youth. Fireflies are a familiar insect of warm
summer nights. Did you know that these insects are actually nocturnal
(meaning they come out at night) beetles? They are members of the
family <i>Lampyridae</i>. Most fireflies have wings, which distinguishes
them from other luminescent insects of the same family, commonly known
as glowworms.</span></div>
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are about 2,000 different species of fireflies. These insects live in a
variety of warm environments, as well as other temperate regions.
Fireflies love moisture and often live in humid regions of Asia and the
Americas. In drier areas, they are found around wet or damp areas that
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everyone can see how fireflies got their name, but many people might
not know how these insects produce their signature glow. Fireflies have
dedicated light organs that are located under their abdomens. The
insects take in oxygen and, inside special cells, combine it with a
substance called luciferin to produce light with almost no heat.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Firefly
light is usually intermittent, and flashes in patterns that are unique
to each species. Each blinking pattern is an optical signal that helps
fireflies find potential mates. Scientists are not sure how the insects
regulate this process to turn their lights on and off.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Firefly light may also serve as a defense mechanism that flashes a clear warning to would be predators: <i>Don't eat me - I don't taste good! </i>The fact that even larvae are luminescent lends support to this theory.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Females
deposit their eggs in the ground, which is where larvae develop to
adulthood. Underground larvae feed on worms and slugs by injecting them
with a numbing fluid.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Adults
typically feed on nectar or pollen, though some adults do not eat at
all. Sounds amazing, but adults typically don't live any longer than 2
months. (<a href="http://on.natgeo.com/alYnRP" target="_blank">National Geographic</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer. The larger group of these insects is more properly called the praying mantids. Mantis refers to the genus mantis, to which only some praying mantids belong. These insects will live for approximately 1 year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches. They are sometimes confused with phasmids (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers and crickets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By any name, these fascinating insects are formidable predators. They have triangular heads poised on a long "neck," or elongated thorax. Mantids can turn their heads 180 degrees to scan their surroundings with two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them. They are the only insect capable of pivoting their heads!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Typically green or brown and well camouflaged on the plants among which they live, mantises lie in ambush or patiently stalk their quarry. They use their front legs to snare their prey with reflexes so quick that they are difficult to see with the naked eye. Their legs are further equipped with spikes for snaring prey and pinning it in place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Moths, crickets, grasshoppers, flies, and other insects are usually the unfortunate recipients of unwanted mantid attention. However, the insects will also eat others of their own kind. The most famous example of this is the notorious mating behavior of the adult female, who sometimes eats her mate just after—or even during—mating. Yet this behavior seems not to deter males from reproduction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Females regularly lay hundreds of eggs in a small case, and nymphs hatch looking much like tiny versions of their parents. (<a href="http://on.natgeo.com/5WHOLm">National Geographic</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Top Left:</u></b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/assistsocialmedia" target="_blank">Assist Social Media</a> by: Elizabeth L. Maness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Social Media Management | Branding Helping take care of Social Media for you so you have time to take care of Business </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FAssistSocialMedia.com%2F&h=WAQFyZ2o3&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">http://AssistSocialMedia.com/</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Follow Us on Twitter</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ElizbethlManess" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/#!/ElizbethlManess</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Mission:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">To give companies the time to do what they need to run their business and leave their online client care to me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Description:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Elizabeth Maness is Social Media Strategist that specialize in using social media platforms to increase your company’s presence online and connect and interact with local clients and potential customers. experienced in marketing, sales, social media management, blogging, SEO copywriting, blog development, and much more.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Social Media And Your Business: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">If you do not have a strong Social Media presence you are missing a large part of your marketing mix, as it has become the most important tool for businesses to connect and maintain loyal customers. That is where using Social Media Strategists come in to make it happen for you.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 14px;">Gone are the days of force-feeding your potential clients ads and other strong sales pitch-type marketing strategies (outbound marketing). Inbound marketing is the way to go. I can help you build strong websites that search engines will love and will get you noticed, I can help you create traffic to your website using social media and blogging techniques that have worked for our own business. Customers will now find you instead of you working so hard to find them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Social Media Marketing Mix:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">I offer small business consulting, social media management and development, blog development and management, SEO copywriting services, and a fresh perspective on how to connect with your intended audience.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> (Facebook 'About' text).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">It can be very time consuming and frustrating to find local suppliers of needed services online. Many small businesses do not have a website, do not appear in search engines or display their services in a very poor way on their website. As a consumer we do not know if they provide a service that our friends believe is excellent or just okay! This is what ProfileTree is for - it lists local services in an easy to search, read and review format. See who your friends recommend - what services they offer and what payment methods they take. ProfileTree offers its listing service for small business owners for free, and anyone can come to the site and search for their local business. ProfileTree LLP is an independent company devoted to nothing but serving the local community. Helping small business find customers - and helping people like you find the local services you want. (Website 'About' text).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Bottom Left:</u> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RaisingCompassion?fref=pb" target="_blank">Raising Compassion</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Intention: To ignite the hearts & minds of people worldwide and inspire them to live more compassionately to create peace and harmony for themselves and others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mission: To increase the flow of compassion in the world by having at least 10 million people intentionally living compassionately day by day – not just in times of extreme trauma and disaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Description: Living compassionately means: actively & deliberately choosing a reordering of one’s actions and perceptions. It’s a deliberate shift of thoughts from judgement, worry, comparisons, competition, concern, scarcity and fear to expressions and thoughts of appreciation, awe, kindness, care, love, abundance, generosity, joy & presence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It restores (y)our own being (self) and creates the space for others to feel acknowledged, appreciated and experience the feelings of acceptance and love. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">It will also enhance the opportunity to shift us into the state of acceptance of all that is. All that is, is all that is, no-thing right & no-thing wrong. There will be no need for us to question, clarify, categorize or label any-thing, unless we want to deliberately add some meaning to what’s unraveling and being presented before you. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Whatever is happening before you is an opportunity for integration, a lesson, an insight to bring you into perfect balance and harmony within… where peace, love, joy, appreciation and humility reside. (Facebook 'About' text).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Bottom Right:</u> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/remivee?fref=pb" target="_blank">Remi Vladuceanu</a> by: Remi Vladuceanu</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Social marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands the unique opportunity to have a direct relationship with their customers.” - Bryan Weiner, CEO at Digital Agency 360i.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Biography: Official fan page of Remi Vladuceanu where he shares his experience about Social Media, Community Building, Online Influence, Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and more! (Facebook 'About' text).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Top Left:</u></b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HappyFamilyAcademy" target="_blank">Happy Family Academy</a> by: M</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2a47;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ichele Eisenberg</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">The Happy Family Academy was founded to teach people the foundational skills they need to create happiness and healthy relationships – from the inside out.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">We offer positive parenting solutions to grow thriving children in happy families. We teach a style of discipline and parenting that stops negative behaviors while building love and trust between parent and child. The result? A relationship where both parent and child are motivated and empowered to make choices that work for themselves and for the family. Parents feel better and so do their kids! (Facebook 'About' text).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Top Right:</u></b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mqtpage?fref=pb" target="_blank">Michael Q Todd</a> by: Michael Q Todd</span><br />
<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/115818365607064275331/posts" target="_blank">+Michael Q Todd</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Hi thanks for coming by my page! This is a place for you to ask questions about social media and Japan. View all my other social places at </span><a href="http://xeeme.com/michaelqtodd" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">http://xeeme.com/michaelqtodd</a> (Facebook 'About' text).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Bottom Left:</u></b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiveTheLifeYouDesire" target="_blank">Live The Life You Desire</a> by: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Malcolm Charlaw</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Helping to Inspire, Teach and Guide Others to the life they were and are meant to live! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Everyone is born with the same opportunities, no matter where they are. They present themselves in different ways. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">The trick is to learn how to see them, then once seen, to take hold and make use of the opportunity. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">A lot of 'unlearning' and 'relearning' needs to be done.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Unfortunately, there has been a lot of 'what' to think and not enough of 'how' to think. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">When was the last time you had an original thought that were not influenced by anyone else, as in, what you believe, feel, think and so on....? (Facebook 'About' text).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Bottom Right:</u></b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Payingitforwardtherippleeffect" target="_blank">Paying it forward - the ripple effect</a> by: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Carly Alyssa Thorne</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">A Place to Post Positive, Inspirational, Empowering Quotes, Pics, Videos, Ideas.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px;">Description: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">Paying it Forward The Ripple Effect is beyond All Demographics, Economics, Geography, Race, Gender, Disabilities...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Anyone can Pay It Forward even from a Hospital Bed.<br />Example: I recently had a Full Knee Replacement even from my Hospital Bed I still gave out Pay it Forward Bracelets and Even honored a Prior commitment and while still in severe pain wheeled myself in my wheelchair out to the Patio<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> to do a One Hour Pay It Forward Radio Interview.<br /><br />Life is all about Choices:<br />-To Smile or not<br />-To overcome or not<br />-To Give or Hoard<br />-To Forgive or Hate<br />-To be a Victim the rest of your life or to Choose to Use Your<br />experiences to Empower others.</span></span></div>
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Arab Pest Controlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956511094288897739noreply@blogger.com2Arab Pest Control40.4945856 -86.13128369999998340.4945386 -86.131362699999983 40.4946326 -86.131204699999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224799128348976841.post-60119055761136137102012-10-02T18:47:00.000-07:002013-03-21T12:11:18.166-07:00Wolf Spiders<div style="text-align: center;">
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Wolf spiders are members of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)">family</a> Lycosidae, from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek">Ancient Greek</a> word "λύκος" meaning "wolf". They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly solitary lives and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Some will wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow.<br />Wolf spiders resemble <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursery_web_spider">Nursery web spiders</a> (family Pisauridae), but wolf spiders carry their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(biology)">egg</a> sacs by attaching them to their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinneret_(spider)">spinnerets</a> (Pisauridae carry their egg sacs with their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae">chelicerae</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedipalp">pedipalps</a>). Two of the Wolf spider's eight eyes are large and prominent, which distinguishes them from the Nursery web spiders whose eyes are all of approximately equal size. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider">Wikipedia</a>)<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Appearance: These are usually large spiders. Wolf Spiders can range from 3-30 mm in body length. Female wolf spiders are often bigger than males of the same species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /> <br />Like all spiders they have two body sections: the cephalothorax in front and an abdomen behind. The abdomen contains the digestive and reproductive systems, and on the underside of it are the glands where silk is produced. The structures that produce the silk are called spinnerets.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders have eight legs, all attached to the cephalothorax. On the front of the cephalothorax are the mouth, the fangs, the eyes, and two small "mini-legs" called pedipalps. These are used to grab prey, and in mating, and are much bigger in male spiders than in females. They have eight eyes in three rows. The front row has four small eyes, the middle row has two much larger eyes, and the back two eyes are medium sized and off to the sides. These spiders have strong fangs and and venom glands to quickly kill their prey.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders are colored in camouflage colors of brown, orange, black, and grey. Sometimes they are all one color, but usually they have some stripes or blotches.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders are found all around the world, and about 2,300 species are known. There are about 50 species of wolf spiders in Michigan.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders live in all kinds of habitats, anywhere there are insects to eat. They seem to be most common in open habitats like grasslands, and are often found in farm fields and meadows. Most species stay on the ground, but a few climb up onto trees and other plants when hunting. Some wolf spiders hunt along the shores of ponds and marshes, and may even dive into the water to capture prey.<br /> <br />These spiders can be found in the following types of habitat: temperate; tropical; terrestrial.<br />Terrestrial Biomes: taiga; desert or dune; chaparral; forest; rainforest; scrub forest; mountains.<br />Aquatic Biomes: lakes and ponds.<br />Wetlands: marsh; swamp.<br /><br />Wolf spiders hatch from eggs, and the hatchlings look more or less like grown-up spiders, though sometimes their colors change as they age. In many species, the hatchlings ride on their mother's body for some time before going off on their own. To grow, spiders must shed their exoskeleton, which they do many times during their lives. Unlike insects, some spider species keep growing after they become adults, and continue to molt as they grow even larger.<br /> <br />After mating, female wolf spiders lay a batch of eggs (usually several dozen or more), which they wrap in silk. If she gets enough food, a single female may produce several clutches of eggs in a year. They are seasonal breeders (sexual; oviparous). Female wolf spiders wrap their eggs in a round ball of silk, and keep them close. Wandering species carry their egg sack under their abdomen as they move around. Tunnel-building species keep their eggsacks in their tunnels, and bring them up to warm in the sun during the day (the warm temperature helps their eggs develop faster).<br /> <br />Parental investment: female parental care.<br />Male wolf spiders probably don't live more than a year, but females of some species can live for several years.<br /> <br />Behavior: many wolf spider species hunt at night, but some are active during the day. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They are solitary animals, they hunt alone and only come together to mate.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /> <br />Some species wander, hiding during the day and roaming at night to find food. Some patrol a regular territory, returning to the same place to rest. Others dig tunnels, or use tunnels made by other animals. A few build little walls or turrets around their tunnels, and then sit inside the wall looking out for passing prey or predators.<br /> <br />Key behaviors: diurnal; nocturnal; crepuscular; motile; nomadic; sedentary; solitary; territorial.<br />How do they communicate with each other?<br />Wold spiders use their vision more than most other spider groups. Males often signal to females by waving their pedipalps in certain patterns. Wolf spiders are also very sensitive to vibrations in the ground, and use scent and taste as well.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders eat insects and other invertebrates, and really large females might eat very small vertebrates, like amphibians and reptiles, if they find them. They sometimes attack insects that are larger than they are.<br /> <br />Different species of wolf spider have different ways of finding prey. Some build tunnels and ambush prey that come near their hiding place. Others wander on the ground, looking for small animals to eat. When they find a target, they jump on them and grab and quickly bite. Often they roll over onto their backs and hold the prey in a "basket" made by their legs before they bite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Primary Diet: carnivore (eats terrestrial vertebrates, eats non-insect arthropods).<br />What eats them and how do they avoid being eaten?<br />Known predators: other spiders, wasps, ants, praying mantids, birds, small reptiles, toads and other amphibians, and shrews. <br />Wandering wolf spiders rely on speed and camouflage to escape predators. They have good vision and are very sensitive to vibrations in the ground that help them detect predators. Some species hide in tunnels in the ground. Wolf spiders will bite to defend themselves if necessary.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders can give you a painful bite if you handle them carelessly, but it the bite usually doesn't do much damage unless the person bitten is allergic to the venom.<br /> <br />Wolf spiders are often common in agricultural areas, and can be very helpful in reducing populations of insect pests.<br /> <br />No wolf spiders are known to be endangered. (<a href="http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Lycosidae/">Michigan University - BioKids</a>)</span><br />
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Although ticks are
commonly thought of as insects, they are actually arachnids; like scorpions,
spiders and mites. All members of this group have four pairs of legs as adults
and have no antennae. Adult insects have three pairs of legs and one pair of
antennae. Ticks are among the most efficient carriers of disease because they
attach firmly when sucking blood, feed slowly and may go unnoticed for a
considerable time while feeding. Ticks usually take several days to complete
feeding.<br />
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Ticks have four life
stages: egg, six-legged larva, eight-legged nymph and adult. After the egg
hatches, the tiny larva (sometimes called a “seed tick”) feeds on an
appropriate host. The larva then develops (molts) into the larger nymph. The
nymph feeds on a host and then molts into an even larger adult. Both male and
female adults find and feed on a host, and then the females lay eggs sometime
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Ticks wait for host
animals from the tips of grasses and shrubs (<i><u>not from trees</u></i>). When brushed by a moving animal or person,
they quickly let go of the vegetation and climb onto the host. Ticks can only
crawl; they cannot fly or jump. Ticks found on the scalp have usually crawled
there from lower parts of the body. Some species of ticks will crawl several feet
toward a host. Ticks can be active on winter days when the ground temperatures
are about 45 degrees Fahrenheit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are two groups
of ticks, sometimes referred to as “hard” ticks and “soft” ticks. Hard ticks,
like the common dog tick, have a hard shield just behind the mouthparts
(sometimes incorrectly called the “head”); unfed hard ticks are shaped like a
flat seed. Soft ticks do not have the hard shield and they are shaped like a
large raisin. Soft ticks prefer to feed on birds or bats and are seldom encountered
unless these animals are nesting or roosting in an occupied building.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>(Dermacentor variabilis)</i></div>
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One of the most
frequently encountered ticks is the American dog tick, also sometimes known as
the wood tick. The larvae and nymphs feed on small warm-blooded animals such as
mice and birds. The adult American dog tick will feed on humans and medium to
large mammals such as raccoons and dogs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unfed males and
females are reddish-brown and about 3/16-inch long. Females have a large silver-colored
spot behind the head and will become ½-inch long after feeding or about the
size of a small grape. Males have fine silver lines on the back and do not get
much larger after feeding. Males are sometimes mistaken for other species of
ticks because they appear so different from the female.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>, the adults are most active in
April, May and June. By September, the adults are inactive and are rarely
observed. The American dog tick can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
tularemia and possibly ehrlichiosis to humans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Lone Star Tick</u> </div>
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<i>(Amblyomma americanum)</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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The lone star tick is
primarily found in the southern half of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>,
although it can occasionally be found further north. Larvae, nymphs and adults
will feed on a variety of warm-blooded hosts, including people. The larva is
very tiny, only a little larger than the period at the end of this sentence.
The nymph, the most common stage found on people, is about pinhead-sized.
Adults are about 1/8-inch long and brown. The adult female has a white spot in
the middle of her back. Because they are so similar in size, the lone star tick
is sometimes misidentified by laypersons as the blacklegged / deer tick (see
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The lone star tick is
most active from April through the end of July. Although it can transmit Rocky
Mountain spotted fever, the lone star tick is not as likely to transmit the
disease as the American dog tick. This tick also may transmit tularemia and
ehrlichiosis to humans. The lone star tick is not believed to transmit the
bacteria that causes Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), but may be associated
with a related bacteria species that has not been completely identified.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Blacklegged Tick,
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All three active
stages of the blacklegged / deer tick will feed on a variety of hosts including
people. After the eggs hatch in the spring, the very tiny larvae feed primarily
on white-footed mice or other small mammals. The following spring, the larvae
molt into pinhead-sized, brown nymphs that will feed on mice, larger
warm-blooded animals and people. In the fall, they molt into adults that feed
primarily on deer, with the females laying eggs the following spring. Adults
are reddish-brown and about 1/8-inch long (or about one-half the size of the more
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These ticks are found
in wooded areas along trails. The larvae and nymphs are active in the spring
and early summer; adults may be active in both the spring and fall. The
blacklegged / deer tick can transmit Lyme disease and possibly ehrlichiosis to
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The deer tick has
been found sporadically in many <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>
counties. However, in recent years it has been common only in limited areas,
mostly in northern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>
(Geographic distribution by county). Additionally, <st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state>
residents may encounter the deer tick during trips to <st1:state w:st="on">Michigan</st1:state>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Indiana</st1:state>, <st1:state w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:state>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:state> or the northeastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>
where it is very common in some areas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>(Rhipicephalus sanguineus)</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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The brown dog tick
(also known as the kennel tick) is found through most of the <st1:placename w:st="on">United States</st1:placename> This tick feeds on dogs, but rarely
bites people. Unlike the other species of ticks, its life cycle allows it to
survive and develop indoors. The brown dog tick is found primarily in kennels
or homes with dogs where it may be found hiding in cracks, behind radiators,
under rugs and furniture, and on draperies and walls.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The adult is
reddish-brown and about 1/8-inch long, and usually attaches around the ears or
between the toes of a dog to feed. After feeding, a female may engorge to
½-inch long. She then drops off the dog and crawls into a hiding place where
she may lay as many as 3,000 eggs. This tick is tropical in origin and does not
survive <st1:placename w:st="on">Illinois</st1:placename> winters outdoors. The
brown dog tick is not an important carrier of human disease.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Winter Tick</u></div>
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The winter tick is a
species that feeds on large mammals like deer, cattle and horses. Unlike the
hard ticks mentioned above, the winter tick attaches to the host as a larva and
remains attached throughout its life. Consequently, this tick is rarely
encountered by campers or hikers. However, hunters may find the winter tick in
large numbers on deer carcasses. Although the winter tick may carry diseases of
large wild mammals, it is not known to transmit disease to humans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Wear protective clothing such as
long-sleeved shirts, long trousers, boots or sturdy shoes and a head covering.
(Ticks are easier to detect on light-colored clothing.) Tuck trouser cuffs in
socks. Tape the area where pants and socks meet so ticks cannot crawl under
clothing.</li>
<li>Apply insect repellent containing
10 percent to 30 percent DEET primarily to clothes. Apply sparingly to exposed skin.
Do not spray directly to the face; spray the repellent onto hands and then
apply to face. Avoid sensitive areas like the eyes, mouth and nasal membranes.
Be sure to wash treated skin after coming indoors. Use repellents containing
permethrin to treat clothes (especially pants, socks and shoes) but not skin.
Always follow label directions; do not misuse or overuse repellents. Always
supervise children in the use of repellents.</li>
<li>Walk in the center of trails so
weeds do not brush against you. In camping areas, individuals who sit on the
ground or disturb leaf litter on the forest floor may encounter ticks.</li>
<li>Check yourself, children and other
family members every two to three hours for ticks. Most ticks seldom attach
quickly and rarely transmit disease organisms until they have been attached
four or more hours. If your pets spend time outdoors, check them for ticks,
too.</li>
<li>If ticks are crawling on the
outside of clothes, they can be removed with masking tape or cellophane tape. A
ring of tape can be made around the hand by leaving the sticky side out and
attaching the two ends. Ticks will stick to the tape which can then be folded
over and then placed in the trash. </li>
<li>Remove any tick promptly. The
mouthparts of a tick are barbed and may remain embedded and lead to infection
at the bite site if not removed promptly. Do not burn the tick with a match or
cover it with petroleum jelly or nail polish. Do not use bare hands to remove
the tick because tick secretions may carry disease. The best way to remove a
tick is to grasp it firmly with tweezers as close to the skin as possible and
gently, but firmly, pull it straight out. Do not twist or jerk the tick. If
tweezers are not available, grasp the tick with a piece of tissue or cloth or
whatever can be used as a barrier between your fingers and the tick. Ticks can
be safely disposed of by placing them in a container of soapy water or alcohol,
sticking them to tape or flushing them down the toilet. If you want to have the
tick identified, put it in a small vial of alcohol.</li>
<li>Wash the bite area and your hands
thoroughly with soap and water and apply an antiseptic to the bite site.</li>
<li>If you have an unexplained illness
with fever, contact a physician. Be sure to tell the physician if you have been
outdoors in areas where ticks were present or traveled to areas where tickborne
diseases are common.</li>
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Make sure the
property around your home is unattractive to ticks. Because ticks are sensitive
to dry conditions and do not thrive in short vegetation, they are seldom a
problem in well-maintained lawns. Keep your grass mowed and keep weeds cut. Clean
up items that attract rodents which can carry ticks, such as spilled birdseed,
and hiding places like old wood piles. If ticks are present in vegetation along
the edge of the property, insecticides labeled for control of ticks can be
applied to small areas of high weeds that cannot be mowed. Often, one or two
applications per season will be adequate to control ticks in these areas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Free-roaming dogs and
cats are much more likely to encounter ticks than those that are confined to
the home or yard. If ticks are found on pets, contact your veterinarian for
information about an appropriate tick treatment. Remove the occasional tick
found indoors by vacuuming, seal the vacuum bag and place it in the trash.
Owners of kennels or homes infested with the brown dog tick may wish to contact
a professional pest control company for assistance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During the last
several years, about 75 percent of the ticks submitted to Department staff have
been identified either as the American dog tick or as the lone star tick. Many
people are familiar with the female American dog tick. However, the adults of
several species and immature stages must be identified by an entomologist or
other professional familiar with ticks. To submit a tick for identification,
put it into a leak-proof container with rubbing alcohol along with the date and
location where the tick was encountered and contact your local health
department for assistance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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current label instructions for repellents and pesticides. If any information in
these recommendations disagrees with the pesticide label, the label
instructions must be followed. Prepared with the assistance of the University of Illinois
Extension, University of Illinois Department of Veterinary Pathology and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The name earwig comes
from a European superstition that these insects entered the ears of a sleeping
person and bored into the brain. This belief is totally unfounded. Earwigs often
cause alarm to homeowners when discovered indoors, despite the fact that they
are harmless to humans. They have a frightful appearance, move rapidly around
baseboards at the ground level and may emit a foul-smelling, yellowish-brown
liquid from their scent glands. Active at night and hiding during the daytime,
earwigs normally live outdoors and do not establish populations indoors. They
are harmless to humans and animals, although if handled carelessly, the earwig
can give a slight pinch with the forceps. Earwigs can be responsible for
serious feeding damage on flowers, vegetables, fruits and other plants, giving
the leaves a ragged appearance with numerous, small, irregular holes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Earwigs are elongate,
flattened insects, ranging from light red-brown to black and are easily
recognized by their forceps-like appendages (pincers) on the end of the
abdomen. The forceps (cerci) are unequal in length in the males. Earwig female
forceps are straight-sided, whereas male forceps are strongly curved
(caliper-like) and larger. They have chewing mouthparts and long, slender
antennae. Some species are wingless but others have a pair of leathery
forewings covering a few segments of the abdomen and the membranous hind wings,
which have the tips protruding. There are many species of earwigs: the European
earwig ranges from 13-20 mm (1/2 to 3/4 inch) in length, with banded legs and
reddish head; the ring legged earwig ranges from 13-18 mm (1/2 to 3/5 inch) in
length and is black-yellowish underneath with legs having dark crossbands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Young earwigs (nymphs) are similar in appearance to adults. They are white to
olive-green and lack wings. An earwig's forceps are used to defend the nest,
capture prey, probe narrow crevices and fold or unfold wings. Earwigs are
primarily scavengers on dead insects and rotted plant materials. Some species
are predators, feeding on aphids. Only a few of the winged species are good
fliers. They are often transported great distances in plant materials and
occasionally in other freight. Earwigs require moist, cool places and are found
in damp crawl spaces, flower gardens near the home, in mulches, compost piles, under
boards, in wood piles, and trash areas. After entering houses, they feed on
sweet, oily or greasy foods or houseplants. They are attracted to lights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Earwigs develop from
egg to adult through gradual metamorphosis with four to five nymphal instars or
stages. During the spring or autumn, females lay 20 to 50 smooth, oval-shaped,
pearly-white or cream-colored eggs in a below-ground chamber (upper two to
three inches of soil). The female moves, cleans and provides maternal care by
protecting the eggs and new young until the first molt. Young then leave the
nest, fend for themselves and mature in one season. Most species in this
country have one generation per year, overwintering as eggs or adults in the
soil. Earwigs may dig as deep as six feet below ground to escape the cold
temperatures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For best control
indoors, one must first control earwigs outdoors. Since they are attracted to
lights, reduce lighting around doors, windows and other potential entry sites.
Use good night light discipline and special sodium vapor yellow lights (less
attractive to insects) instead of white, neon or mercury vapor lights. Earwigs
need and are very attracted to moisture. High populations, practically
invisible during the day, may be present around foundations, in landscaped
yards, in mulch, under boards, etc. Be sure to eliminate damp, moist conditions
in crawl spaces under houses, around faucets, around air-conditioning units and
along house foundations.</span></div>
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doors, windows, pipes and other entry sites, especially at the ground level.
Change landscaping by creating a clean, dry border immediately around the
foundation wall. Gravel or ornamental stones can make an attractive barrier
against earwigs and other pest invaders. If populations are difficult to
control, or earwig invasion to the home continues, it is always best to contact
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cockroaches are among
the most common of insects. Fossil evidence indicates that cockroaches have
been on earth for over 300 million years. They are considered one of the most
successful groups of animals. Cockroaches are so adaptable, they have
successfully adjusted to living with humans. About 3,500 species of cockroaches
exist worldwide, with 55 species found in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Adult male
brown-banded cockroaches are about 1/2 inch long and light brown, with fully
developed wings . The adult females are shorter and stouter than the males and
their wings do not cover the entire abdomen. Both adults and nymphs can be
distinguished by the two brownish, broad bands across the body at the base of
the abdomen and at mid-abdomen. Both males and females are quite active; adult
males fly readily when disturbed. Brown-banded cockroaches prefer warm and dry
locations, such as near refrigerator motor housings, on the upper walls of cabinets,
and inside pantries, closets, dressers, and furniture in general. They can also
be found behind picture frames and beneath tables and chairs, and inside
clocks, radios, light switch plates, doorframes, and dressers. It is common to
find them hiding nearer the ceiling than the floor and away from water sources.
Accurate identification is paramount to controlling brown-banded cockroaches.
Control strategies for other cockroaches will not be efficacious for
brown-banded cockroaches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The brown-banded
cockroach has three developmental stages: egg, nymph, and adult. Eggs are laid
in capsules, which the female carries for about 30 hours before she fastens it
on walls, ceilings, and in protected and hidden areas. During her adult life a
female produces about 14 egg capsules, each containing an average of 13 eggs.
The length of the egg stage varies from 37 to 103 days, depending on
temperature. The nymphal stage ranges from 8 to 31 weeks. A female adult has a
life span of 13 to 45 weeks; each female produces about 600 descendants per
year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The brown-banded
cockroach feeds on a wide variety of materials. Like members of other cockroach
species, it may consume materials like glue or paste (especially from
animal-based materials), starch, and certain color dyes. As a result, items
like stamps, envelopes, bindings of older books, draperies, and occasionally
wallpapers may show signs of feeding. This species has also been known to chew
on nonfood materials, such as nylon stockings, presumably for the residues of
body oils and skin flakes. Damage by brown-banded cockroaches results from
their feeding and harboring in pantries and storage areas indoors. Also,
bacteria and protozoa that cause diseases (such as different forms of
gastroenteritis and diarrhea) can be carried on the legs and bodies of
cockroaches and deposited on food, utensils, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Survey - To control
brown-banded cockroaches, it is important to do a thorough inspection, or
survey. Cockroach surveys involve placing sticky traps (glueboards) at
strategic locations within the building. Whenever possible, place survey traps
either against a wall or in a corner of the floor, a shelf, or a drawer. Most
commercially available traps come complete with bait to encourage cockroaches
to enter. One week of trapping with a sufficient number of trap sites (ten or
more) usually provides enough information for effective control. Treatments
should be directed to those areas where cockroaches have been collected in the
traps.</span></div>
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keep cockroaches from entering the home via boxes, grocery bags, suitcases,
etc., but you can prevent them from developing into a serious problem. One of
the key factors is sanitation: clean up spilled foods on the floor, do not
leave dirty dishes overnight, store items such as cereal, crackers, and cookies
in airtight containers, and empty garbage each evening into a sturdy container
with a tight-fitting lid. Brown-banded cockroaches can conceal themselves in
many places that are inaccessible to larger species. Making structural
modifications such as caulking (in cracks, crevices; around ducts, molding,
etc.) is necessary in bedrooms, bathrooms, dining rooms, and other areas of the
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effective method to control or eliminate brown-banded cockroaches. Baits
containing hydramethylnon, sulfluramid, boric acid, or abamectin can provide a
high level of control when applied to those areas where cockroaches harbor. Some
formulations of baits are available to the public in plastic feeding stations.
Professional pest control personnel also have cockroach baits in flowable
granular and gel formulations. Care should be taken to closely follow the label
instructions for use. Insecticidal dusts like boric acid, silica aerogel, and
diatomaceous earth can provide additional control. Apply dusts lightly, as
heavy deposits may repel cockroaches. These products can be applied in the
cracks and crevices of bureaus, clothes closet shelves, ceiling light fixtures,
valances above windows, hollow legs of chairs and tables, and wall or floor
cracks and crevices throughout the house. Do not place dusts where they could
come in contact with children or pets. Do not allow children access to areas
treated with boric acid. Boric acid is of low toxicity to adults, but it can
present a hazard to children. Take precautions to assure that dusts do not
contaminate food. The use of residual insecticidal sprays or aerosol foggers
within a structure is of little value in controlling brown-banded cockroaches.
In fact, these applications may disperse the cockroaches making control
difficult and lengthy.</span></div>
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gives us the following (paraphrased, but keeping hyperlinks for your convenience): The<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>American cockroach<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>(<i>Periplaneta <st1:city w:st="on">americana</st1:city></i>), is often misidentified as the<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>palmetto bug<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>(see<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach" title="Florida woods cockroach"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Florida woods cockroach</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>for the differences). It is the largest
species of common<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach" title="Cockroach"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">cockroach</span></a>,
and often considered a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest_(animal)" title="Pest (animal)"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">pest</span></a>. None of the<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><i>Periplaneta</i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>species are<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">endemic</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>to the<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas" title="Americas"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Americas</span></a>;
despite the name,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><i>P.
<st1:city w:st="on">americana</st1:city></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>was<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduced_species" title="Introduced species"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">introduced</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>to the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> from<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Africa</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>as early as 1625. They
are now common in<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical" title="Tropical"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">tropical</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>climates because
human activity has extended the insect's range of habitation, and global<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping" title="Shipping"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">shipping</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>has transported the
insects to world ports including the<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Southern United States</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Tenerife</span></a>,
southern<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Spain</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Greece</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Taiwan</span></a>,
and<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Cape Town</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban" title="Durban"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Durban</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">South Africa</span></a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">American cockroach adults grow to an average length of around 4
centimetres (1.6 in) and about 7 millimetres (0.28 in) tall. They are
reddish brown and have a yellowish margin on the body region behind the head.
Immature cockroaches resemble adults except that they are wingless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">The insect can travel quickly, often darting out of sight when
someone enters a room, and can fit into small cracks and under doors despite
its fairly large size. It is considered one of the fastest running insects. In
an experiment carried out at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley"><span style="color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">University of California, Berkeley</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1991, a<i>Periplaneta <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">americana</st1:place></st1:city></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>registered a record speed of 5.4
kilometres per hour (3.4 mph), about 50 body lengths per second, which
would be comparable to a human running at 330 kilometres per hour
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">It has a pair of large<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_eye" title="Compound eye"><span style="color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">compound eyes</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>each having over 2000 individual
lenses, and is a very active night insect that shuns light. American
cockroaches generally live in moist areas, but can survive in dry areas if they
have access to water. They prefer warm temperatures around 29 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius" title="Celsius"><span style="color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">°C</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(84 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit" title="Fahrenheit"><span style="color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">°F</span></a>)
and do not tolerate cold temperatures. In residential areas, these cockroaches
live in basements and sewers, and may move outdoors into yards during warm
weather. These cockroaches are common in basements, crawl spaces, cracks and
crevices of porches, foundations, and walkways adjacent to buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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American cockroach is a scavenger that feeds on decaying organic matter and a
variety of other foods. It is particularly fond of<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermenting" title="Fermenting"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">fermenting</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>foods.</div>
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Females
produce an<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_case" title="Egg case"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">egg case</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>called an<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ootheca" title="Ootheca"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">ootheca</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span>which protrudes
from the tip of the<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdomen" title="Abdomen"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">abdomen</span></a>.
After about two days, the egg cases are placed on a surface in a safe location.
Egg cases are about 0.9 centimeters (0.35 in) long, brown, and purse
shaped. Immature cockroaches emerge from egg cases in 6 to 8 weeks and require
6 to 12 months to mature. Adult cockroaches can live up to one year, during
which females produce an average of 150 young.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>German cockroach<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is a smaller<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">species<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>cockroach, measuring about ½ inch long (as an adult); however, they
are known to get larger. It can be light tan through brown to almost black, and
has two dark parallel streaks running from the head to the base of the wings.
Although it has wings, it is unable to sustain flight.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">The German
cockroach is the number 1 roach in the World, and can be found throughout many
human settlements. These insects are particularly associated with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>restaurants,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>food
processing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>facilities,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>hotels, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>nursing
homes. In colder climates, they are found only near
human habitats, since they are not very tolerant to cold. However German
cockroaches have been found as far north as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Alert,
<st1:state w:st="on">Nunavut</st1:state><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and in the <st1:place w:st="on">Southern Patagonia</st1:place>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">The German cockroach is originally
from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>, it is very closely related to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Asian cockroach, and to the casual observer they appear nearly identical
and may be mistaken for the other. This cockroach can be seen in the day</span>, especially
if there is a large population or if they have been disturbed, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">however, sightings are most commonly
reported in the evening hours as they are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">most active at night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">This
type of cockroach can emit an unpleasant odor when excited or frightened.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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German cockroach (also known as a "hood" in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>) is very successful at
establishing an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">ecological niche</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in buildings, and is very hardy
and resilient against attempts at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">pest control</span>. This is because of the large
number of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">nymphs</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>produced
from each<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">egg</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>case,
the short time period between birth and sexual maturity, and their ability to
easily hide due to their small size. The mother also carries the egg case
(called an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ootheca) with her
during the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>germination period,
rather than depositing it like other species, a practice which would leave them
vulnerable in a human habitat to zealous attempts to wipe them out.</span></div>
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cockroach is also smaller than many other species so it can more easily hide
and fit into very small cracks and crevices to evade humans. That is also the
main reason they can most effectively be controlled with bait in cracks and
crevices near harborages. These types of pest control methods must kill 95% of
the overall population to be effective in a property due to the fast
reproductive cycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The German cockroach (discounting the presence of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">pets</span>), has few natural predators<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>inside a human habitat. The
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of pest control treatment. The immature cockroaches will live off excretions
and moults from the adult cockroaches and thus can remain hidden away from most
surface treatments.</span></div>
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German cockroach is</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">omnivorous</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">scavenger. They particularly like</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">starch, sugary foods, grease and
meats. In certain situations where there is a shortage of food-items, they may
eat household items such as soap, glue and toothpaste or they may even turn
cannibalistic, often chewing on the wings and legs of each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are typically
five kinds of cockroaches commonly found in <st1:state w:st="on">Indiana</st1:state>,
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Cockroach, Oriental Cockroach
(or Waterbugs), Brown-banded
Cockroach, and the Pennsylvania
Woods Cockroach (or Woods Roach). I will be following this blog with a more in-depth look at each of these species mentioned. Generally speaking, they are all rather
large, flattened insects, brownish or dark in color and fast moving. Roaches
seek concealment in the daytime and also when disturbed at night. They may be
carried into homes in boxes, egg cartons, beverage cases and produce such as
potatoes. In apartments (and other large buildings) they readily migrate from
one place to another along water pipes, plumbing lines, and other conduits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The German roach is a
very common species and usually found in kitchens and/or bathrooms (drawn to
heat & humidity). The adults are comparatively small (about 1/2 inch long),
tan in color and often occur in large numbers. The immature – nymphs, have dark
markings which make them appear dark brown to black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The American roach is
reddish-brown and is the largest of the common roaches (about 1-1/2 inches in
length at maturity). It is found more often in food establishments, although
houses and apartments near such establishments can frequently become infested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Oriental roach is
also large (about 1 inch in length) and shiny black or very dark brown. It is
often called a “water bug” or “black beetle.” This species is frequently found
in dampness and may enter homes through sewer openings. It may likewise live
outdoors during the summer months and move from home to home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Brown-banded
roach is a southern species but is often found in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indiana</st1:place></st1:state>. It resembles the German roach in size
but differs in habits. It may infest the entire home, rather than confining
itself to the kitchen or where there is food. Infestations usually start from
luggage, furniture or other materials shipped from one place to another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Woods roach
normally lives under the loose bark of dead trees, logs or stumps. It sometimes
invades homes built in or near wooded areas, but it does not thrive indoors. Males
are nearly 1 inch long and dark brown with a pale stripe on the outer margins
of the wings. They are fairly good fliers and often enter homes this way. They
can also be carried in on firewood. The females are short-winged and resemble
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The chances of
effective, lasting cockroach control are greatly increased if thorough
sanitation precedes proper chemical application. The destruction of breeding
places (by clearing out garbage and clutter, sealing cracks and openings, etc.)
and the removal of food and water sources, will aid in controlling and
eliminating populations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Termites have an incredibly long history. They have lived on Earth for more than 250 million years. While termites can be helpful in breaking down rotting wood in the environment, these wood-destroying insects also can cause extensive damage to our modern day structures. Occasionally, referred to as “silent destroyers,” termites may leave few readily observable signs of activity as they consume wood, drywall, sheetrock and various other forms of building materials used in construction of walls, ceilings and floors. Experts estimate that termites damage more than 600,000 homes in the United States annually. In fact, termites cause more damage to U.S. homes (annually) than tornadoes, hurricanes, wind, and hail-storms combined. Each year, U.S. residents spend an estimated $5 billion to control termites and repair termite damage. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), control methods and repairs for damage caused by Formosan termites – the most destructive species of subterranean termite – account for more than $1 billion of this total.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are about 45 different kinds of species of termites found in the U.S., each of which falls into one of the three main termite types: Subterranean, Drywood, and Dampwood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Subterranean termites are part of the family Rhinotermitidae. With minimal exceptions, these termites require contact with the soil, which provides optimal temperatures and moisture for their survival. Subterranean termites build underground nests connected to above ground food sources via mud tunnels (or mud tubes). These underground termites are responsible for the majority of termite damage to structures, homes and buildings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The most aggressive subterranean termites in the United States, are the Formosan termites (Coptotermes formosanus). Each year, Americans spend an estimated $1 billion on combined control measures and repair costs associated with Formosan termites.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) is the most widespread termite in the U.S., found throughout the eastern, midwestern and southern states. Eastern subterranean termite colonies typically cause less damage than larger Formosan termite colonies. However, the far-reaching distribution of this pest leads experts to estimate it causes more structural damage nationwide than any other termite species.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The western subterranean termite (Reticulitermes hesperus) can be found in many of the western states. It is very common in California, where it is responsible for more damage in the state than any other wood-destroying insect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though restricted in geographic reach to the deserts of southern Arizona and California, the desert subterranean termite (Heterotermes aureus) is another subterranean termite that can cause significant damage to homes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Large swarms of flying termites and the presence of mud tubes are the two most noticeable signs of subterranean termite infestations in homes. However, these signs can be difficult to detect. Annual termite inspections focusing on termite entry points and signs of activity are important to prevent damage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because they infest homes from the ground level, it is easier to prevent subterranean termite infestations than drywood termite infestations. The most common control measures for subterranean termite infestations include treating infested areas (direct applications to the soil and damaged wood) with termiticides, and placing bait stations around the home. T</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">o help make your home less hospitable to termites, you also can focus on reducing moisture sources and wood-to-ground contact. By limiting entry points and water sources, you can help make it less likely termites will invade your house.</span></div>
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typically found in the southern and western states. Drywood termites do not
require soil contact or above-ground moisture sources to survive. They live
(colonize) entirely within the material on which they feed. Including, but not
limited to: dead trees, structural timbers, hardwood floors and wood furniture.
Generally speaking, drywood termites are larger than subterranean termites.
Drywood termites do not have a worker caste, which means they rely on nymphs
(immature reproductives) to perform the typical worker tasks. Drywood termite colonies tend to be much
smaller than subterranean termite colonies. The largest mature drywood termite
colonies typically have no more than 5,000 termites. Due to the smaller colony
size, a drywood termite swarm is smaller than a subterranean termite swarm.
Many drywood colonies produce less than 60 swarming alates in a season. Swarms
are often the most noticeable sign of any termite infestation. However, drywood
termite swarms can be so small that they may be overlooked. Other warning signs
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dampwood termites typically are found in the western states, from Washington to Montana and down through California and Texas. They also can be found from central to southern Florida.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As we can see in the dampwood termite pictures, these termites get their name honestly. They are most often found in damp wood, such as logs, stumps and other decaying wood. Most dampwood termites do not require soil contact. Since most homes do not have very moist structural timbers, dampwood termites are not classified as major structural pests in the United States. However, if your home has the proper conditions conducive to infestation, such as damp wood, termites can infest it and build colonies. When dampwood termites infest homes, their point of entry is often wood-to-ground contact. Compared to subterranean termite colonies, dampwood termite colonies tend to be relatively small. A mature colony might grow to only 4,000 termites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Signs of dampwood termite infestation include small swarms of flying termites and fecal pellets. Both dampwood and drywood termites leave behind small mounds of fecal pellets. However, drywood termite pellets are six-sided and dry, while dampwood termite pellets are moist and not as well defined in shape. It is unlikely that you will see dampwood termite damage, as worker termites typically plug all holes in wood with fecal material.</span></div>
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Additional information available @ <a href="http://www.arab-kokomo.com/BedBugs.aspx">Arab-Kokomo.com/BedBugs</a></div>
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Bed bugs are well known as annoying biting pests, and they are increasing in importance, including in hotels and other lodging establishments in the U.S. You are encouraged to learn more about the biology of bed bugs and their association with homes, apartments, hotels, and lodging establishments so that you can make more informed decisions about health risks, how to protect yourself when traveling, and whether bed bug control is warranted in a residence or lodging establishment.</div>
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</strong>Bed bugs require blood in order to reproduce and complete their life cycle. The effect of bed bug bites varies among people, but they eventually produce red welts that itch. The bites themselves are not painful and typically are not felt. However, frequent feeding can disrupt people's sleep and make them irritable, and seeing bites may cause emotional distress in some people. Heavy rates of feeding can result in significant blood loss and eventually lead to anemia, especially in malnourished children.</div>
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At least 27 agents of human disease have been found in bed bugs, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and parasitic worms. None of these agents reproduce or multiply within bed bugs, and very few survive for any length of time inside a bed bug. There is no evidence that bed bugs are involved in the transmission (via bite or infected feces) of any disease agent, including hepatitis B virus and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7224799128348976841" id="type" name="type"></a>How Many Types of Bed Bugs Are There?</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>There is only one species of bed bug in Indiana, <em>Cimex lectularius</em>. This species is a pest of humans worldwide, including the entire U.S., and has over 50 common names, among them "mahogany flat," "redcoat," "wall louse," and "bed louse." A second species of bed bug, <em>Cimex hemipterus</em>, is limited to tropical regions of the world. A third species of bed bug, <em>Leptocimex boueti</em>, lives with and feeds on both humans and bats in West Africa.</div>
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</strong>Adult bed bugs are about ¼ inch long, oval, reddish-brown, and wingless. Their body is very flat, and they possess long, slender legs and antennae. They have a long, segmented proboscis (beak) that extends forward when the bug takes a blood meal. At rest, the proboscis lies beneath the body and projects backwards between the legs. Immature bed bugs are known either as "larvae" or "nymphs." They closely resemble adults, but are smaller and less deeply pigmented.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7224799128348976841" id="lifecycle" name="lifecycle"></a>What Is the Life Cycle of Bed Bugs?</strong></span><strong> </strong>Bed bugs develop from egg to adult via a process called "gradual metamorphosis." This means the last larval stage develops directly into an adult without passing through a non-feeding pupal stage. There are five larval stages, and each one requires a blood meal before molting into the next life cycle stage. Both adult male and female bed bugs feed on blood and take repeated blood meals during their lives. Females require blood for the development of eggs.</div>
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The five larval stages are completed in about a month under suitable conditions of temperature, humidity, and availability of hosts for blood meals. Larvae can survive inside dwellings for several months without a blood meal, but they do not molt into the next life cycle stage until they engorge on blood. Adults can survive even longer under the same conditions, but, again, do not develop eggs unless they feed on blood.</div>
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<span class="boxtext" style="font-size: 12px;">Bed bugs belong to the family Cimicidae of the insect order Hemiptera, the group of insects known as "true bugs." In addition to the three species that are associated with humans, there are at least 88 species of Cimicidae in the world that live with and feed on bats or birds. Approximately 10-12 species of these bugs occur in the continental U.S., including four species in Indiana. Two species are known as "bat bugs," one is known as a "swallow bug," and one is known as a "purple martin bug." Bat bugs and swallow bugs typically feed on their bat or bird hosts, but will feed on humans if their normal sources of blood are not available. The effects of their bites are similar to those associated with the bites of bed bugs. There is no evidence that bat bugs and swallow bugs transmit disease agents to humans.</span></div>
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There are two additional groups of Hemiptera that bite humans, the so-called "kissing bugs" and "assassin bugs," both of which belong to the family Reduviidae. Kissing bugs feed on the blood of mammals and birds, and transmit a protozoan parasite that causes a disease of humans known as "Chagas Disease." Chagas Disease is widespread in Central and South America, and an occasional case occurs in Texas. Assassin bugs, instead of being blood feeders, are predators on other insects, including crop pests. They are beneficial insects, but they will bite humans if mishandled, and the bites are very painful.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7224799128348976841" id="habitats" name="habitats"></a>Where Are Bed Bugs Found Inside Dwellings?</strong></span><strong> </strong>Bed bugs typically are active at night and hide during the daytime. Being very flat, they are able to find a wide variety of places in which to hide. Typical hiding places include beneath loose flooring, behind loose wallpaper, inside box springs, in mattresses, and in upholstered furniture. One common hiding place in hotel rooms is behind bed headboards that are fastened to the wall and another is behind moldings just above the floor. Bed bugs also hide behind electric switch plates and inside appliances. However, sites that have surfaces consisting of plaster, stone, and metal typically do not harbor bed bugs.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong>How Do Humans Influence Bed Bug Development and Dispersal?</strong></span><strong> </strong>Human dwellings provide bed bugs with a place to live and access to a source of blood meals. Bed bugs commonly infest larger buildings such as apartments, dorms, prisons, and theaters, but they also can occur in individual hotel rooms and in private homes. There is a common misconception that bed bug infestations occur only in poorly constructed and poorly maintained buildings with unsanitary conditions. However, this is not the case, as explained below. Modern construction has aided the spread of infestations by enabling bed bugs to move from room to room via central heating ducts.</div>
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Humans can aid the dispersal of bed bugs from one structure to another via the movement of infested bedding, furniture, and packing materials. Even more widespread dispersal is associated with the movement of travelers via infested clothing, luggage, and lap top computers. International travelers from countries that have heavy bed bug infestations can be a source of bed bug infestations in hotel rooms, and there has been an increasing incidence of bed bugs in lodging establishments around the world, including in the U.S. Bed bugs do not require unsanitary conditions, and bed bugs do not discriminate between economy or luxury hotel rooms. Bed bugs only need a source of blood provided by humans, and they can exist in the cleanest hotels, motels, apartments, and homes.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong>How Far Do Bed Bugs Travel to Feed and Lay Eggs?</strong></span><strong> </strong>Bed bugs typically do not travel far to feed and lay eggs once they become established in a building. Females lay eggs more or less continuously as long as they have access to blood meals. A well-fed female is capable of laying about 500 eggs in her lifetime. The eggs are laid singly in the same sites that harbor larvae and adults. These sites often are marked by masses of bed bug feces, which appear as yellowish to reddish-black specks and contain the remnants of digested blood. Large concentrations of bed bugs may be accompanied by a characteristic sweetish odor caused in part by secretions from scent glands.</div>
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</strong>Bed bugs feed on warm-blooded animals. They have a normal host with which they live and on which they feed, but they will feed on other species. For example, bed bug larvae and adults feed readily on humans, bats, and chickens, and they do so when the host is at rest. Thus bed bugs living with humans typically feed at night while a person sleeps, but they also will feed during the day in dark structures such as infested theaters with upholstered seats. Male and female adults usually feed every 3-4 days and become engorged with blood in about 10-15 minutes.</div>
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Bed bugs detect carbon dioxide emitted from warm-blooded animals and respond to warmth and moisture as they approach the potential host. On humans, they tend to feed on exposed surfaces such as the face, neck, arms, and hands. Again, the bites are painless, and the host typically is not disturbed while bed bugs feed.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong>How Can I Avoid Being Bitten by Bed Bugs?</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>Preventing bed bug infestations is the best approach. This involves thoroughly searching for bed bugs or signs of infestation in any suitable hiding place, such as bedding, upholstered furniture, or packing materials that might be introduced into your home or apartment. You should search for feces, eggs, and shed "skins" of larval bed bugs, as well as for active bed bugs.</div>
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When staying in a hotel room, it is good practice to inspect the room for bed bug infestation. Upon arrival in a guest room, check the mattress, box springs, and behind the headboard before using the bed. It is very important to report suspected bed bug infestations to the hotel management immediately so that steps to control the infestation and prevent subsequent spread can be implemented as quickly as possible.</div>
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Hotel guests should place luggage and clothing on dressers or on luggage racks. Avoid placing bags and personal items on beds or upholstered furnishings because these types of fixtures may harbor bed bugs. Guests also should be vigilant and keep suitcases, brief cases, and computers and their cases closed when not in use. It is a good idea to search these items prior to vacating the room and again prior to bringing the items inside your home.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7224799128348976841" id="practical" name="practical"></a>What Should I Do About a Bed Bug Infestation in My Residence?</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>Control of an infestation of bed bugs is very difficult and is best left to professional pest control companies that have both the approved insecticides and the application equipment to effectively treat the various places where bed bugs hide. The representative of the pest control company should examine the residence and describe any pre-treatment responsibilities of the homeowner. For example, eliminating or at least reducing clutter in rooms to be treated is a necessity, and infested bedding may have to be discarded before the infestation is treated.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong>What Should Hotel Managers Do About Bed Bugs?</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>Training housekeeping and maintenance staff to check for bed bugs is strongly recommended in order to identify an infestation. A professional pest control company should be contacted immediately if an infestation is found.</div>
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Hotel staff should examine guest rooms closely, including sheets and bedding. In infested rooms, sheets and pillowcases used by guests who are bitten by bed bugs may have small bloodstains, which appear as small reddish brown spots. Mattress seams should be examined for brown spots that could be bed bug feces, for shed skins, and for active bed bugs. Cracks and crevices should be examined using a flashlight. Sites to be searched include behind bed headboards, furniture seams, draperies, floor moldings, areas where wallpaper is loose, and behind picture frames and baseboards, especially those located near the beds. If a centralized forced-air heating system exists, the heating ducts in guest rooms should be checked for signs of bed bugs.</div>
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<span class="bodyheader" style="color: #d50100; font-weight: bold;"><strong>Where Can I Find More Information on Bed Bugs?</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>The following Web site contains accurate and detailed information about bed bug biology and bed bug control.</div>
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You can find more information at: <a href="http://www.arab-kokomo.com/BedBugs.aspx">Arab-Kokomo.com/BedBugs</a></div>
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A recent symposium devoted to bed bugs took place at a meeting of the Entomological Society of America. The symposium was published in the journal <em>American Entomologist</em>, Volume 52, number 2, Summer 2006.</div>
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<em>We greatly appreciate the information pertaining to bed bugs provided by Dr. Sheryl kline, Department of hospitality & Tourism Management, Purdue University.</em></div>
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An excellent reference book devoted to the biology of bed bugs and their relatives is:</div>
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Usinger, R.L. 1966, <em>Monograph of the Cimicidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). </em>Thomas Say Foundation, Vol. 7, Entomological Society of America, College Park, MD.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>For the most part, spiders are harmless and generally beneficial. Spiders are seldom aggressive and bite only when threatened or injured. Few spiders ever bite people, and the venom of most species is harmless to humans. However, bites from the </b><u style="font-weight: bold;">brown recluse</u><b> (also known as the Recluse or Fiddle-Back) and the </b><u style="font-weight: bold;">black widow</u><b> can be quite dangerous. Please keep in mind, the more you understand any pest, the easier it will be to control.</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Spiders are the largest group of arachnids. There are more than 35,000 named species worldwide, including about 3,000 in <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>, but probably most spider species are still awaiting identification. These predators live almost everywhere: on the ground, under rocks, inside and underneath playground equipment, among grasses, on plants, in tree branches, in underground caves and even on the water – depending on the species. Spiders frequently stray into dwellings and other structures, or may be accidentally introduced on firewood, laundry that has been hung out to dry, or on flowers, etc. Spiders will also sneak into our homes in boxes, clothing or furniture, through window areas and any crack or crevice that allows them entry. Web-building spiders often construct webs near lights because insect prey may be attracted at night by the lights and by air currents.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Spiders are easily recognized by the 4 pairs of seven segmented legs and (like all arachnids) have a cephalothorax and abdomen. But unlike scorpions, mites and daddy-long-legs, the cephalothorax and abdomen of the spider are separated by a visible waist or pedicel. The top of the cephalothorax is protected by a shield-like covering called the carapace.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Most species have 8 simple eyes, although some have less and a few species have none. Often the number and arrangement of eyes are important in identifying the different families. Below the eyes are 2 small jaws (or chelicerae) that end in fangs. Venom is produced in glands and empties through a duct in the fangs. This venom is used to paralyze or kill prey. Then the spider crushes the victim by rubbing the chelicerae against each other and against the enlarged bases of the pedipalps, located before the first legs. There are usually 6 finger-like silk glands (spinnerets) located beneath the abdomen, just in front of the anus.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Not </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">all spiders spin webs. Some live in burrows, which they line with silk, while others have no retreat at all. All young spiders and some adult males release long silken strands, which they use like a parachute to ride on wind currents to other areas - a process is called ‘ballooning’.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Most spiders lay their eggs in silken egg sacs that are placed in the web, attached to leaves or twigs, or carried around by the spider until the eggs hatch. Spiderlings (as the young are sometimes called) resemble adults and are often cannibalistic. All spiders are predators and most feed on insects, although a few large species prey on small vertebrate animals.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Ants have been living on the Earth for more than 120 million years and can be found almost everywhere on Earth. There are roughly 20,000 different species of ants across the globe. Link to our website to learn about the individual species found in our area: Argentine Ants, Carpenter Ants, Crazy Ants, Odorous House Ants, Pavements Ants, and Pharaoh Ants: <a href="http://arabpestcontrol.com/PestIdentification/Ants.aspx">Link to Ant Page (and individual species)</a>.</div>
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Ants build many different types of "homes" for their colonies. Many ants build simple little mounds out of dirt or sand. Other ants use small sticks mixed with dirt, sand or other materials to make a stronger mound that offers protection from rain. Western Harvester ants make a small mound on top, but then tunnel up to 15 feet straight down to hibernate during winter. Ant mounds consist of many chambers connected by tunnels. These chambers are used for nurseries, food storage, and harborage areas for the worker ants. Some ants live in wood like termites. Army ants don't make a home at all but travel in large groups searching for food.</div>
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Although frustrating when they get into your home, ants do help the environment. Being social insects, they live in large colonies or groups. Depending on the species, ant colonies can consist of millions of ants. Some queen ants can live for many years and have millions of offspring. There are three main types of ants in each species, the queen, the sterile female workers, and males. The male ants do not live long and only serve one purpose: to mate with future queen ants. The queen grows to adulthood, mates, and then spends the rest of her life laying eggs. A colony may have only one, or several queens, depending on the species. Ants go through four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.</div>
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Ant colonies also have soldier ants that protect the queen, defend the colony, gather or kill food, and attack enemy colonies in search for food and nesting space. If they defeat another ant colony, they take away eggs of the defeated ant colony. When the eggs hatch, the new ants become the "slave" ants for the colony. Some jobs of the colony include taking care of the eggs and babies, gathering food for the colony and building the anthills or mounds.</div>
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Ants consist of three main parts: the head, the trunk or middle section, and the rear or metasoma. All six legs are attached to the trunk. The head consists of the jaws, eyes, and antennae. The eyes of ants are made up of many lenses enabling them to see movement very well. The antennae are special organs of smell, touch, taste, and hearing. The metasoma contains the stomach and rectum. Many species of ants have poison sacks and/or stingers in the end of the metasoma for defense against predators.</div>
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Ants can lift over 20 times their body weight. Ants don’t have ears. Ants "hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet. When foraging, ants leave a pheromone trail so that they know where they’ve been. Queen ants have wings, which they shed when they start a new nest. Ants don’t have lungs. Oxygen enters through tiny holes all over the body and carbon dioxide leaves through these same holes. When the queen of the colony dies, the colony can only survive a few months. Queens are rarely replaced and the workers are not able to reproduce.<br />
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