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Care of Insects

Insects kept as pets such as ants, beetles, cockroaches, crickets, and grasshoppers

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How do you take care of a Slater bug?

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Slater bugs can be eliminated using a common insect repellents. They can also be killed using household items such as rubbing alcohol.

Name some eight legged insects?

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By definition, insects have six legs. There are, therefore, no insects that have eight legs.

However, the family of arachnids are classed as having eight legs. These arachnids are often mistaken for insects, but are actually a completely different classification.

How do worms get their food?

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The true bugs (Hemiptera) are phytophagous meaning that they feed on plant material. Most bugs have a sucking mouth part which they use to extract nutrients from the sap of plants and their seeds.

Do citronella candles work!?

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Most people agree that citronella helps fight off mosquitoes, but not much. Here is what FAQ Farmer Marcy had to say: "Citronella is OK. The problem with this is, if there is the slightest breeze it can certainly affect what it's suppose to do. Many people don't care for the smell of it and if some people have allergies it can bother them." Here is what gardening expert Walter Reeves said about it: "Citronella can reduce the number of bites - but only for people who stand very close to the candle or Tiki torch. If you enjoy smelling like smoke and risking a clothes fire, smoke-generating mosquito products might be for you."

How do You know if the Silkworm in the cocoon is dead?

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When first laid, silkworm eggs are a lovely buttery/lemon yellow. After two or three days, they will either lighten in colour to white -- which indicates infertile eggs -- or they will darken to greyish black. These are the eggs you will be able to hatch out after they've 'wintered' in your fridge for at least 4 or 5 weeks. Once they've darkened, put them in a ziplock-type bag and store them in the fridge, remembering to put what it is and the date. They look an awful lot like poppy seeds and I wouldn't want anyone making a mistake!

FYI, silkworm eggs can be kept in the freezer for several years! I'd recommend putting them from the freezer into the fridge for several days and then taking them out to start the hatching process. From the freezer straight into room air temp. would certainly cause enough condensation to kill the whole hatching process.

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How many insect parts does the average person consume in a year?

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I think perhaps most insects don't even live that long, so you'd have to extrapolate data from a shorter time period. I guess this also depends on the species.

How does insecticide kill?

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They don't all works the same way. Most baits are stomach poisons & ingested when they eat it, Some dusts are the same & are ingested when they groom, some act on their nervous systems, some weaken & dry out exoskeletons (dessicants), some also clog up breathing tubes & some simply absorbed through their bodies.

How do you take care of a beetle?

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give them food and water and air to breath and asafe place to live

What methods are used to control Japanese beetles?

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Biological, cultural, mechanical, non-organic and organic methods are used to control Japanese beetles.

Specifically, the insect in question (Popillia japonica) displays complete metamorphosis by passing through four distinctly different stages in the life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, adult. The larval or the adult stage is the most common point at which applicators intervene since eggs are laid 2 to 4 inches (5.08 to 10.16 centimeters) below the ground and pupae cluster around plant roots. Larvae and adults will be more treatable since they can be accessed above-ground.

Biological applications center around fungal pathogens (Beauveria bassiana, Metarrhiizium), milky spore disease-inducing bacteria (Bacillus popilliae ), insect-eating nematodes (Heterorhabditisspp), and parasitic wasps (Tiphia vernalis) against grubs and parasitic flies (Istocheta aldrichi) against adults. Cultural controlsemphasize avoiding plants which Japanese beetles favor (such as berries and small fruits, birch and linden, crape myrtle and rose, sassafras and willow, summersweet and Virginia creeper) and favoring those which the beetles avoid (burning bush and forsythia, clematis and lilac, dogwood and redbud, hemlock and pine, holly and magnolia). Mechanical methods - which will attract every beetle within range - include pheromone traps, which generally are ineffective on an individual basis and work most effectively when a large area (such as a neighborhood) is involved. Non-organic and organic treatments require use of insecticides, such as those with carbaryl (against adults) and imidacloprid (against larvae) in terms of synthetics and those with insecticidal soap or Neem extract in the case of botanicals.

Do crickets eat cactus?

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No they will eat vegetable material and some rotting substances including animals.

What is one difference between a bug and an insect?

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Actually, all bugs are insects. Not all insects are bugs. Bugs are an order of the insect kingdom. A bug is characterized by a straw shaped mouth and two sets of wings, generally a set of hardened fore-wings that cover the membranous under set. These are known as "True Bugs" and the Latin name for their order is Heteroptera.

Is the scientific word describing the class that includes spiders spelled arachanid?

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It is actually Arachnida, comprising over 60,000 described species.
Spiders and some other creatures are members of the class Arachnida.

How many days the pupa become a butterfly?

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hi whant als dose a butterfly do in ti life pleas anser me

Do crikets eat worms?

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No, crickets don't carry diseases, unless if you have an infestation of them. If you have cricket droppings in your house, clean it up so you don't have to smell that awful odor. Crickets can only give you a disease if they leave their wastes in your home or any other place your in.

Do mealworms need holes on the container to breathe?

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Meal worms are beetle larvae, and beetles are insects. All insects breath through tubes and holes all over their body.

What is the main component of petroleum products?

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Materials derived from petroleum, natural gas, or asphalt deposits; includes gasolines, diesel and heating fuels, liquefied petroleum gases (LPG and bugas), lubricants, waxes, greases, petroleum coke, petrochemicals, and (from sour crudes and natural gases) sulfur.

What is the top part of the insect's body?

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Abdomen.

Insects are a class within the arthropod family that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae.

How far can bees smell?

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A bee's organ of smell is its antennae, and its sense of smell is many times more sensitive than that of a human.

What can eat insects?

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insects you can eat that wont harm you to eat them like grasshopers, giant water bugs, scorpians, crickets, worms, small frogs, mealworms, termite eggs, ant eggs, weevils, grubs, ants--- MUST BE COOKED!!!!

Will a black wasp die if it stings?

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Black wasps are slow to sting but when aggravated will do so - and unlike bees they can sting more than once. The sting can be painful. The discomfort can be reduced with an antihistamine such as Benadryl.

Why are your caterpillars exploding and grubs coming out of them?

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Caterpillars are the immature, or larval form of insects, usually moths. They change into a pupa, and then an adult insect. That is part of their normal life cycle, so there is nothing unusual about this.

What happens to lightning bugs in winter?

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Like many other insects, fireflies reach adulthood by metamorphosis. The adults lay eggs on or under the ground in the spring, and the larvae hatch within 2-4 weeks. The larvae feed on snails, slugs, and cutworms by injecting digestive enzymes into the prey and slurping it up once it liquefies. The larvae continue to feed until fall, when they burrow underground for the winter. They emerge the following spring, eat until summer, pupate for roughly two weeks, and then emerge as adults.

Depending on the species, the larvae may overwinter for two or three seasons before metamorphosing into adults. The adult diet varies depending on the species. It may have the predatory habits of the larvae; but some species feed only on pollen and nectar. Some do not eat at all, because they live for only a few days, just long enough to mate and lay eggs.

The firefly is beneficial ecologically. Gardeners value fireflies, because the larvae and adults of some species eat so many snails, slugs, and cutworms. Could they also be indicators of environmental changes? Perhaps research might find a correlation between decreases in their population with habitat loss or the use of pesticides.

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Is a termite a bug or an insect?

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No, it has 6 legs. Arachnids have 8