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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.
7,726 Questions
What insect or bugs that start with the letter v?
Vinegar flies and violet ground beetle are insects. They begin with the letter v.
Living things that start with the letter u?
uakari(monkey) ultrasauras(dinosaur) urubu(king vulture) here are some your welcome lol!!!!
Does the Bell plus Howell ultrasounic pest repeller really work?
Yes they do - I have one myself.
I'll tell you how they work. Mice, insects and other critters have extremely sensitive hearing and can hear sounds beyond 20,000 Hertz. Ultrasonic Pest Repellers exploit this biological characteristic and use this against the pests. This drives the pests crazy and they leave your home, or whatever place you want them to leave.
No dont use bug spray you use porocside. It heals bug bites try porocside not dum old bug spray.GOODLUCK.
What kind of insects do mice eat?
Generally, house mice are herbivores, and eat only fruits and grains. However, if their preferred foods aren't available, they'll eat other foods, including meat, dairy, and insects. This is a starvation diet for a mouse though, and they can't survive on these sorts of foods indefinitely. Mice are herbivores, generally eating only fruit and grains. If these are not available, they will eat other foods, including insects.
What insect has eight legs green in color and round and looks like it has 2 heads?
Insects cannot have 8 legs. All insects have 6 legs.
Crickets are able to jump up to twenty or thirty times their body length, which is about three feet into the air.
Katydids live everywhere. Some look like leafs such as the greater angle-winged katydid and others look like grasshoppers such as the common meadow katydid. Katydids eat leaves and grass, so look in low hanging trees or meadows or fields where the grass is kind of tall. Lightly drag your feet in the grass. If you are wanting to catch one, bring a jar with holes in the top, or some other container where it can breathe. Feed the katydid green grass. Don't give it too much, just several pieces. If the katydid eats all of it or the grass dies, just get some more. Hope that helped!
How do you get rid of white swim bugs in your pool?
To get red of red worms in your swimming pool put shock it in your pool for 3 days in a row then if they are not gone you call a bug exterminator, he or she should know what to do if he does not know how call the company you bought the pool from they should give you some good tips.
What is the niche of a leaf mimic katydid?
A leaf-mimic katydid eats the young leaves from different plants that include the avocado, mango, macadamia, bean, and coffee. The katydid is an herbivore insect that lives in forest of India, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula.
Yes, actually they are helpful. I had a wart on my elbow and a oldtimer told me to let the katydid bite my wart and it would go away. I tried it and sure enough in about 2 days the wart was gone! I couldn't believe it!
What does cricket chirping tell us about?
It means they are trying to attract a female or they are trying to drive away a male. Crickets also chirp at certain speeds depending the temperature. For example when it's hot they chirp fast, when it gets cold they slow the chirping. Only the males can do this.
What can live in a clean backyard swimming pool?
Hundreds of nasty bacteria, some which could make you very ill or even worse. Any animal that likes water, mosquito's that Carrie nasty diseases and other insects that arent healthy for a human.
Can the 'boatmen' swimming pool bugs survive in a salt water pool?
The salt level in a salt based CHLORINATED swimming pool is about a tenth of the ocean average, so in terms of salinity I do not think the little guys will survive. On the other hand, I did enhanced the CHLORINATED word because the way the salt system works is by "breaking" the salt molecule (Cl + Na) and using the Cl to kill the bacteria - it then recombines back, and the system establish a "loop" of breaking out the Cl of the salt, again to the sanitizing. This means that IF, by any chance, the little Nemo survives (for few hours or days) the low salinity, the Cl will do the rest of the job... soon!
My suggestion: get a nice, salt water aquarium, near the pool... Or add few "plastic" Nemos in!
They use the same things they use to chirp,which is their back legs.This also means they communicate by song.
Also they rub their legs together to create auditory vibrations to make their chirping sounds(I learened that from the show shake it up when cc's ,math tutor told his sensa lol) but i know this is right lol
What are the tiny yellowish bugs that fly around pool water and bite and how do you get rid of them?
Getting bugs out of a pool can bug ya, pun intended. No mention of what type of bug you are talking about. There are two basic types 1-on top of the water and 2-under the water. The type on top of the water can be removed using an algaecide that is a quantanary ammonium compound. This chemical makes the water wetter, sounds crazy but these bugs ride on an air pocket on their belly and this algaecide will take that air pocket away and they will drown in the pool water. If you use a salt generator you don't want to use this chemical use a polymeric algaecide of at least 60%. The under the water bug known as a water bug can be killed by shock treating the pool with Calcium Hypo Chlorite at of at least 65%. You cannot use this product if you are using an ionizer or a non-chlorine based system. you are most likely refering to boatmen. About the only ways to keep them out is to keep your PH balanced and your chlorine level around 4-5.0. There is also a bug out product called t-san made in salt lake city Utah which helps eliminate boatmen and is safe in and around pool & people.
empty out the pool and then refull it with clean water
my chick and i fed her goldfish buddy a flee off her cat timmy, and buddy has been fine for 3 days now...:-)
What insects make loud sounds at night?
Insects that make musical sounds audible to human ears are cicadas, grasshoppers, crickets and katydids. Beetles also produce audible sounds, but without as melodic a quality.
How do insects store carbohydrates?
Insects store carbohydrates as starch. Other animals and plants do the same thing since the starch can become different kinds of saccharides.
Cicada nymphs and the adults eat sap from oak, cypress, willow, ash, and maple trees. They eat using a suction method that their mouth has.
No, they are real.
"Daddy Longlegs" or "dandy longlegs" are actually called crane flies. They are long, slender, flying insects with long legs.
The "daddy longlegs" or "dandy longlegs" is a nickname for the crane fly. Other nicknames include mosquito hawk, mosquito eater, gallinipper, mayfly, gollywhomper and whapper. The nickname varies depending on country.
