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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
Where can you find pictures of a flea?
Scroll down on the page for this link for a picture of a flea. http://www.answers.com/topic/flea-1?cat=health
What are these 4 legged insects mentioned in Leviticus 11v21?
I would guess you're referring to the KJV Bible's translation. In the last part of the verse you see the 4 legs are referred to above the "feet, to leap withal upon the earth" One answer I have heard is the Hebrew word root word used has several meanings; one suggestion is that this word translated above refers to on top of (in addition) to the leaping feet. If this is the case then the question is faulty because the verse refers to insects with 4 walking legs in addition to those used for leaping. For example the locust walks on 4 and uses the other 2 primarily for jumping.
Not natively. However, there are pseudoscorpions. Pseudoscorpions are a common arachnid closely related to scorpions, mites, ticks and spiders, but they usually go unnoticed because of their small size. When they are noticed is when they accidentally invade homes and wander into sight. They are not a household pest because they cannot bite or sting and they do not attack the house structure, furniture or occupants. They may be an annoying nuisance, usually during the spring and summer, as an occasional "accidental invader." Only rarely are they a chronic pest problem. Like other arachnids, pseudoscorpions have 8 legs. In addition, they have a pair of enormous pincers (called pedipalps) on the front of the body that gives them a strong resemblance to the true scorpions. Unlike scorpions, pseudoscorpions are very small, usually less than 5 mm long, and they have no sting on the end of their flat, oval abdomens. Natural habitats for pseudoscorpions include under leaf litter and mulch, in moss, under stones and beneath tree bark. They have also been reported in bird nests and between siding boards of buildings. Because they are sometimes found among books, they are also known as "book scorpions." Pseudoscorpions are predaceous and therefore beneficial. They feed on other arthropods, particularly small insects and mites. Special treatments for control of pseudoscorpions are usually not warranted. Only in a persistent infestation should control be attempted. It would be difficult to prevent all invasion by pseudoscorpions but sealing gaps, cracks and other points of entry may help exclude them.
Why do love bugs stay together?
Lovebugs stay together because they constantly mate for days before they die.
Which animals live under a rock?
Well there are many different types of species that live under a rock. Those species are ants, earthworms, beetles, spiders, lizards, and rats. If you need more help you could look those species up in a book of animals.:)
I dont now i need some one to tell me :(
Names an organism by a group of similar species first and a characteristic of the organism second?
Binomial nomenclature.
Not like human teeth, but they do have serated "teeth" on their wing parts that they rub together to make a loud trilling sound.
a small sap sucking bug that lives on stems of plants protected by a gob of bubbles that it blows from the sap.
Where can you find information about the 17-year cicadas?
See the hgic.umd.edu link to the right. THis link has some good information. They show up in late May and can last two to six weeks. 17-year Cicadas come out in mass in heavily wooded areas. They number anywhere from 100,000 to 1 million during the cycle, depending on fires of the last 17 years. They are harmless, but make lots of noise.
scorpions are consumers because they eat other animals to obtain energy.
Some fleas may be black, but not all. There are about 2000 known species of fleas, and the specific species would have something to do with the color.
The color "puce" was called that because it is supposed to be the color of a flea, a reddish or purplish brown.
How do you protect against chiggers?
The best product to use on the bite is
chigger bite ointment. This ointment will take the "itch"
away and promote healing. Since
chiggers will readily climb over clothing to
get to your flesh, use permethrin concentrate on shoes and pants. Permethrin is odorless, easy
to mix and works well at keeping many pests
away. Mix some up in a small spray bottle for
spraying while afield. Be sure to use it on shoes
and pants to keep them off and apply as needed.
Though the aerosol is easy to use, the concentrate
will prove to be more cost effective if you will
be using a lot. As an added measure, you should
treat your skin with some repellent as well. This
way if the chiggers some how get past your clothes,
they won't want to stick around on your treated
skin. There are many repellents for use one your
skin but the best is either citronella lotion
or deet . Citronella has long been used as a general
insect repellent and though not too effective
when dispersed in the air, it does a good job
as a contact repellent. This lotion can be applied
as frequently as needed and won't pose a hazard
to anyone that wants some type of protection. If
the chiggers are really bad and you want the
strongest protection available, the Deet would
be the best choice. It will last longer then the
Citronella and will work better overall.
A backswimmer is any of a group of various aquatic insects of the family Notonectidae, which swim on their backs.
Why do scorpions live in such hot temperatures?
becuase they are cold blooded animals and need heat to survive.They also replenish their poison again with heat.
Wetas are an insect native to New Zealand that look alot like crickets but are covered in spines and are wingless...Hope this helps
In terms of physics, No (because light "interferes" with light from another "source" , creating interference patterns). However "lighting bugs" DO use light to attract a mate!
How do you make your mom get used to insects?
In order to buy crickets, mealworms or whatever insect you feed to your herps, tell your mom like "Relax mom, insects are even MORE scared than you expected.Besides, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians , and even humans ALL eat insects.'' or "Look, pretend those crickets are people all right, being active." or better," You know what, I felt the same way too like I did to leopard frogs."
What are little black bugs that look and jump like fleas but are not fleas?
Chiggers
Answerticks?i do think hey could be mites little blood suckers that need to be treated with baths i dont know a lot but maybe u need to give your pet bath with flea shampoo
If on an animal:Ticks Human:Lice,Chiggers ~:o
What are the tiny round bugs coming from the toilet?
The small tiny round bugs that are comming from your toilet are really Mini-Lindsay Lohan's trapped in a roundinsh smallish form...keep crunching!!
What would happen if we didn't have wasps?
"As a group, wasps provide extraordinarily important ecological services, including pollination, predation, and parasitism. Put simply, without wasps we would be overrun with insect pests, and we would have no Fig Newtons.
I suspect, however, that you weren't thinking about things like fig wasps when you started wondering why we need wasps. You were probably aggravated by the yellowjackets hanging around your garbage cans, or terrified by the huge hornets' nest you just discovered in the shrub near your pool.
We take notice of the social wasps because they build visible nests, often close to our own homes, and because they will defend these nests aggressively.
Hornets and paper wasps prey on other insects, and help keep pest insect populations under control. It takes a lot of bugs to feed a hungry brood. Both hornets and paper wasps provide vital pest control services.
The University of Florence researchers found that wasps and hornets feed on late season grapes, which are rich in wild yeast. The yeast survives the winter in the stomachs of hibernating queen wasps, and is passed on to their offspring when the mother wasps regurgitate food for their young. The new generation of wasps carries the yeast back to the next season's grapes. So raise your glass to the wasps and hornets!
Yellowjacket don't get quite as much credit for being beneficial, although they should. Yellowjackets mostly scavenge dead insects to feed their offspring.
We do need these services, too, of course. What would the world be like if all the dead bugs just piled up? Unfortunately, their scavenging habits and their love of sugar puts them in close proximity to people, which almost never ends well for the yellowjacket or the person."
Source: Nuisance Wasps and Bees, Colorado State University Extension, accessed September 11, 2012
