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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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Can insects live inside your head?

Humans sometimes contract lice, which are insect parasites that live in the hair on the head.

What insect has long curled antennae and a black long slender body?

I'm asking the same question!!! i caught it in a jar because i never seen it before... does yours have black and white legs??

What type of bug is Gaston in the story by William Saroyan?

European Earwig, type that in google and your find pics of them eating peaches. PLus they both have feelers a brown knob head mentionioned, in the story and large legs. So yeah, very sure Gaston is a European Earwig. Plus in the story of Gaston by William Saroyan, it says they live in Paris....and where is Paris? EUROPE! What is the bug called? EUROPEAN EARWIG!!

Do pincher bugs have venom?

pincher bugs eat mostly decayed fruit and they eat leaves of plants.

What insects have a 3 stage life cycle?

A stick insect has several life stages, as it grows and develops through a series of skin sheds throughout its life. Many insects grow like this. Typically a stick insect will hatch and moult six times in its life before reaching adulthood.

What is the purpose of earwigs?

There is a tale that an earwig will crawl into a person's ear canal, while asleep and they will lay there eggs inside your brain! That is NOT true! Even though earwigs are very freaky, creepy and weird looking, there pinchers are for a display of threat. The male earwigs have more curved pinchers, while the females have more straight pinchers.

Have you ever noticed an earwig in your house? Well I have and a way too help prevent earwigs from entering your home is too make sure u keep your air conditioning down because earwigs like moist places. Also you can use insect spray, or RAID around the perimeter of your home too keep insects, such as earwigs out of your home!

So to rap this up, from what I've read or learned earwigs really don't have a purpose, except for they freak me out and I hate them with a passion!!

What are the names of six legged insects?

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Insects are hexapedes. The "hex" prefix means six while the "pod/pede" means legs.

Therefor not just insects, but any animal with six legs, like a deformed goat or a fictional dragon would be a hexapede.

Is there another name for an insects?

Yes there is. Another name for insects is bugs.

What is another animal that has similar feature as the leaf insect?

Another insect that has similar features as the left insect is the butterfly. Leaf insects can make themselves look just like a left, as their name says.

What insect with one wing?

There are not any insects that have just 1 wing. Most insects have 1 set of wings containing 2 full wings and this is how they fly.

Who discovered bugs?

loggerhead shrikes. aka marcus dowell and his army..... yah you and what army?? the creatures are the causes to meth infedimine

What are advantages and disadvantages of insect wings?

The only disadvantage of a dragonfly is that they could be a nuisance to humans. There are many advantages including showing other types of animals that fresh water is near.

Does a rolly polly turn into a maggot?

No, a rolly polly does not turn into a maggot. Rolly pollies, or pillbugs, are crustaceans and belong to the order Isopoda, while maggots are the larval stage of flies. They undergo different life cycles and belong to entirely different animal groups. Rolly pollies remain as is, while maggots develop into adult flies through metamorphosis.

What are sucking insects?

The mouthparts of sucking insects are developed

for piercing and sucking. These pests damage

plants by inserting their mouthparts into plant

tissue and removing juices. Heavily infested

plants become yellow, wilted, deformed or

stunted, and may eventually die. Some sucking

insects inject toxic materials into the plant while

feeding, and some transmit disease organisms.

Source:

http://umaine.edu/ipm/ipddl/publications/5039e/

What could be biting you in bed?

there is such things as bed bugs that live in your matress and bite you when your sleeping or something from outside could have crawled in your bed

How long can a tick live without sucking blood?

I have a tick in a bottle that I caught 8 months ago. All he needs is moisture to stay alive.

What are these tiny black bugs in my bathroom?

There are small red bugs called "milkweeds", but they are only just hatched and still in the baby stages. They could be getting into your bathroom through really small holes that you might not even know exist in your bathroom, and they are not poisonous or anything, so they aren't harmful to humans.

Do ants go dormant in the winter?

Most ants hibernate in the winter. Usually in their nests but sometimes in the bark of a tree or underneath rocks. They don't even eat!! There is one type of ant (Messor aciculartus) that takes grass seeds into its nest to snack on when it gets cold.

What is different about insects to other organisms?

Insects are different from other organisms because they don't have any Lungs . Most organisms on earth have lungs other organisms do not , that is why they are different.

Do stinkbugs fly?

stink bugs fly 100% I know this because I have a brown marmorted stink bug as a pet so I know for sure