Explore insects and other arthropods, including identification, behavior, anatomy and common misconceptions.
Gnids belong to the order Diptera and are medium to large-sized species with strong and soft hairs. They are often called cow rainbows. Commonly known as "blind fly" or "blind fly" in the northeastern forest area, it has···
Read article →
On humid summer nights, the oppressive heat is mixed with the smell of medicinal mosquito coils, electric mosquito coils, and insecticides... Some people may not even think about sleeping peacefully in the summer without···
Read article →
There are also many diseases spread by flies, including enteritis, dysentery, typhoid, cholera, etc. House flies are the most common type of flies. They have lots of hair on their bodies and legs and like to eat feces an···
Read article →
Many families like to grow flowers and grass on their balconies or courtyards. If your garden is full of spring colors and blooming flowers, flower-visiting insects will frequently visit. These insects are just guests. C···
Read article →
Termites are notorious for their harm to buildings such as houses and dams. If a termite nest appears, the stability of the building will be seriously threatened. There are many types of termites. There are more than 2,0···
Read article →
Every family has a collection of paintings and calligraphy. Some books, calligraphy and paintings have precious collection value. Once they are damaged by insects, the loss will be immeasurable. For this reason, experien···
Read article →
Clothes stored at home may become infested by insects if you are not careful. The worst thing is that woolen sweaters, woolen coats, expensive suits, etc. are all affected by moths to varying degrees, which makes people ···
Read article →
Anyone who has watched the movie "Tunnel Warfare" or visited the "Tunnel Warfare" sites admires the Chinese people's clever use of tunnels to deal with the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War, beating the enemy to piec···
Read article →
Generally, households stock grains such as rice, flour, and beans, as well as plant foods such as peanuts, lotus seeds, red sesame seeds, and day lilies, and animal foods such as dried fish, ham, bacon, and dried shrimps···
Read article →
Cockroaches, also known as cockroaches, sweet lady, slippery bugs... are all kinds of insects in various shapes and forms, and their official name is cockroaches. This is a global insect that is widely distributed in the···
Read article →
Lice adults and nymphs feed on the host's body throughout their lives. The hosts are mainly terrestrial mammals, with a few marine mammals, and humans are also often parasitized. Lice are not only harmful by sucking bloo···
Read article →
Although the body of a flea is only as big as a sesame seed, it sucks blood very ferociously. Blood-sucking is the only way for adult fleas to absorb nutrients. Only by sucking enough blood can fleas mate and produce off···
Read article →
The pine caterpillar belongs to the family Lepidoptera, and its larvae are covered with long hairs and specialize in feeding on pine leaves, hence the name. Pine caterpillars are the enemy of more than 10 species of pine···
Read article →
The rice borer was a major enemy of rice cultivation 3,000 years ago. After being damaged, the fields are covered with white ears, the leaves and seedlings are withered, and the yield is reduced by more than half. In 195···
Read article →
Locusts cause serious damage to crops. In old China, people compared locusts with floods and droughts and called them "locust plagues." The most powerful kind of locust is called migratory locust, which often m···
Read article →
According to reports, there are about 6,000 kinds of pests that harm crops around the world. In my country, there are more than 250 kinds of rice pests, more than 1,000 kinds of fruit tree pests, more than 50 kinds of co···
Read article →
Aphids are also called grub bugs, morning bugs, honey bugs, ant bugs, etc. Although their bodies are small, they can cause great harm to plants. Among them, except for the gall aphid, which is a beneficial insect, the re···
Read article →
The life of insects is closely related to the environment. The environmental conditions that affect the life of insects are called environmental factors. Insects live in a certain environment, and the environment surroun···
Read article →
Food plays a decisive role in the life and distribution of insects. Different types of insects have obvious selectivity and adaptability to their own food. The cabbage caterpillar that damages cabbage will not eat corn; ···
Read article →
Insects "sleep" all winter. How and when do they wake up in spring? You may think that insects will wake up naturally when the weather warms up. It seems that temperature is the most important condition. In fact, it is n···
Read article →
At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the ground is clear, the leaves are falling, and the insects that harm crops and move on the ground are gone. Are they frozen to death by the cold climate? No, but it's n···
Read article →There are actually two situations when insects stop growing and developing: one is dormancy, which is often directly caused by adverse environmental conditions. As the temperature drops, a series of physiological changes···
Read article →
The life of some animals lasts for decades, while the life of insects often only lasts for a short time. The ontogenetic history of an individual (whether it is an egg or a larva) from the time it leaves its mother to th···
Read article →
Commonly known as lice, they are all blood-sucking species. Adults and nymphs remain on the host body throughout their lives. The hosts are mainly terrestrial mammals, with a few marine mammals, and humans are also often···
Read article →