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Insects

Insects play a very large role in the circle of life on earth. They represent a large population of the animal kingdom. Fascinating to some,creepy to others but always present in our daily lives. Questions about any sort of bug go here.

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If it is true that all bugs are insects but not all insects are bugs then which ones are considered bugs and why?

No. As odd as it may sound, the word "bug" is used scientifically to refer only to two suborders (Heteroptera and Homoptera) of the order Hemiptera. So cinch bugs, water bugs, bed bugs and cicadas are all "bugs", but lady bugs, potato bugs and doodlebugs, are not.

However, the word has its legitimate non-scientific meaning referring to just about anything that crawls, creeps, wiggles or squirms, and so the scientific "bugs" are sometimes called "true bugs".

Are insects symmetrical?

Yes. Mosquitoes have bilateral symmetry. Bilateral symmetry means something has symmetry across one plane (known as the sagittal plane, and directly down the centre of their body), which means one side of their body approximately mirrors the other side.

What are long red lines up the arm leading from a insect or spider bite?

This is not from the bug bite. This is an infection that needs to be looked at by a doctor. Currently, I have my hand warpped and taking heavy anti-biototics because I had the same thing. If you see it, you should head straight to a doctors. (Any bug that can bite and have bacteria on them can cause this)

Are insects attracted to a fern plant?

No. Butterflies are attracted to nectar producing flowers, and sugar.

How do you control clover mites in the house?

An indoor/outdoor plan of attack controls clover mites. Outdoors, by the beginning of May, the soil needs to be bare from the foundation walls out five feet. During the first week of May, pesticides then are applied onto the soil and the foundation walls. The applications are one foot out from the foundation walls, and over the wall surface from the ground up two feet. A particularly effective pesticide of low toxicity is permethrin.

Indoors, entry points such as cracks, crevices and fissures need to be identified and sealed. Then aerosol sprays may be used. The sprays need to be directed at the entry points, regardless of whether they're sealed or unsealed. Any clover mites on the floor need to be vacuumed, and the bag disposed of. This way of scooping up specimens minimizes the red smears and stains that their stressed body parts leave.

What do baby fleas look like?

Flea larvae resemble the larvae of many herbivorous beetles. They are long, worm-like or caterpillar-like typically many-legged creatures often with a chitinous exoskeleton in place. They are not usually microscopic but are very, very small and so are best observed under magnification.

What kind of food does a lice eat?

Blood and dead skin cells, mostly from the scalp.

Do aphids live in the desert?

Aphids can be found in any warm or hot desert which has plants upon which they feed.

Is a horsefly the same insect as a clegg?

Yes.

See http://dictionary.die.net/horsefly.

Why do the packers stink?

Because of a chronic inability to get quality quarterback play.

What is the lady birds prey?

Lady birds (aka lady bugs) eat aphids and other insects in the order Hemiptera. Some lady birds are herbivores.

Do ants have the biggest brain in the insect world?

no spiders do by ther e sencabilty to suve and protect and for ther pray

Is a katydid a complete or incomplete metamorphosis?

No. The katydid is an insect related to crickets and grasshoppers.

How does neosporin help an insect bite?

Takes out the swelling, but not itchyness associated with it. I have so many and they are just so annoying! Also use aloe vera!!

How do I take a stink bug smell off?

  1. after you get rid of the stink bug find dishes around your house
  2. then make sure you have really dirty dishes (like, bacon grease, iced tea, and coffee grinds on your dishes)
  3. next you put dish soap all over the dirty dishes
  4. now scrub your dishes to the max clean
  5. smell your hands and no more stink, just the dish soap smell and maybe a hint of dirty dishes
  6. if your hands smell like your dirty dishes then wash them with dish soap it should probably get rid of the greasy smell!!!!!!!!
  7. HAND SANITIZER-must be the alcohol in it.

Most poisonous insect?

That is really three questions in one. It could mean which insect has the most venomous sting, which insect has the most dangerous venom but does not sting, or which insect causes the highest mortality rate.

Firstly the most venomous sting insect. In the USA alone 23 people a year die from bee and wasp stings. Usually an insect's sting is quite harmless for humans and only a slight skin reaction occurs, but a few people suffer very severe reactions. When stung, a few people can go into anaphylactic shock and experience difficulty breathing, difficulty in swallowing, a sharp fall in blood pressure, collapse, unconsciousness and even death.

The most dangerous insect in this category is the honey bee, and accounts for as many human deaths as all the species of snake cause put together. However, nearly all of the deaths caused by these insects are due to allergic reactions and not to the venom itself.

The insect that has the most potent venom belongs to the ants in the Pogonomyrmex genus. This tiny little insect can kill a 2kg mammal (such as a rat or a rabbit) with only twelve stings. These ants could kill a human with between 350 to 450 stings, without an allergic reaction taking place. To put this in perspective, to get the same reaction from a honey bee, it would take well over 10,000 stings.

Now for the most venomous insect that does can not sting. These are only dangerous in they are ingested or touched. There are a few caterpillars in this category and two groups of beetle, but the most venomous is the Blister Beetle. There are around 2000 species of blister beetle worldwide, and when they occur in large numbers they can cause a large problem for livestock. The Blister Beetle produces a toxin called Cantharidin, a chemical that cause blistering on the skin and if eaten also inside the intestine tissue. These beetles live in grass and hay, the natural food source for many animals and when they are eaten by these grazers, it can cause them serious harm. A cow or horse need only eat 10 or so beetles accidentally to become seriously ill, and this is likely to kill the animal.

However, the Blister Beetle might be the most toxic, but it is not the insect that causes the most deaths. This title belongs to the Mosquito, but how does it kill with out venom or poison? The Mosquito carries many potentially dangerous diseases and as the move from one person, or animal, to another, they infect the new host with these diseases. The Mosquito with the most infamous reputation is that of the Anopheles genus. In Africa alone this tiny insect kills one child under the age of five every thirty seconds. That totals around 3000 every day and nearly one and half million in a single year. The mosquito is also known for transmitting malaria and this claims the lives of around one to three million people every year. Even if a person survives the first stages of malaria, it is a disease that they will have to battle for the rest of their lives, and will most probably result in death years after the first infection. It is commonly agreed that malaria is one of the top killers in the world, and the main cause of infection results from the tiny mosquito.

So the insect with the most venomous sting is the Honey Bee, the insect with the most toxic venom is the Blister Beetle, although this is only dangerous if eaten, but the insect that causes the most deaths is the common Mosquito.

Just a small edit if talking about the most venomous insect that does not sting, instead of saying the blister beetle I would say the genus Lonomia would be the winner which are a group of moths located in South America, however it is not the fully grown adult moth that is being brought into question but the caterpillar instead. While the LD50 for them has not been tested it is predicted to have the lowest LD50 among all natural Toxins.

How does metamorphosis happen?

Metamorphosis is a biological process in which an organism undergoes significant physical changes from one developmental stage to another, commonly seen in insects and amphibians. In insects, such as butterflies, the process involves stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult. During the pupal stage, the larva undergoes extensive reorganization of its body tissues and structures. In amphibians like frogs, metamorphosis involves transitioning from a tadpole with gills and a tail to an adult with lungs and limbs.

What insect has a yellow body lots of legs and is very fast?

im going to say a house centipede.he is a yellowish tan with abt 15 legs on each side and is extremely quick.look him up.

Which part of the body of an insect are the breathing holes found?

Center that regulates breathing are lying mostly in the thoracic ganglia. Insects perform respiratory movements whit muscles of abdomen, in which are trachea.

What is the purpose of gnats?

They have no point, except to annoy people, which they do very well!

What brown bug has eight legs and pinchers?

If it has eight legs, that makes your creature a spider not an insect. (Or a lobster or crab, but I am assuming you are not speaking of shellfish.)

Beyond that, more detail is needed regarding:

* size of spider (measurement and proportion of body, legs) * location (country/state, and specify basement, flower garden, etc) * behavior (movement, feeding, speed) * web (if any) * markings