“9 strange arthritis home remedies“
Photo by Professional Pest Management Alliance
Some people swear by it but it appears there may not be enough data to prove that it works.
So the other day I was watching “Shark Tank” and was really intrigued with a young eco-entrepreneur Henry J. Miller (his words). Check out his Honey with spices Webpage and FaceBook page or his Twitter page.
I understand the role of honeybees and I understand the risk they pose to the general public especially in the South. We sell honey in our little store and I think this idea from Henry is great – so please visit his site and if you can why don’t you give his honey a try.
http://www.henryshumdingers.com/
Photo by Andon
My first guess without having the actual bug is that this little bug is a Tarantula Hawk species “Pepsis”. Tarantula Hawk wasp paralyze spiders and then lay eggs on them and the little baby wasp has something to eat. Morbid but that is life with bugs. They come with a BIG sting but rarely ever sting, I’ve heard they have the second most painful sting in the world.
Steer clear of these wasps and let them have access to all the spiders out there.
Freaky Creepy bugs, what nightmares are made of:
Freaky is the word. Tailless Whip Scorpion They are nocturnal arachnids found here in Arizona. Most people who do see them are generally freaked out because they look so strange. They look like a flattened spider. They commonly use their long, delicate, whip-like, antenniform front legs as sensory organs to search for prey in the dark. I have seen some with large grasping hook like legs while other appeared to just have grasping legs without the spines. They don’t have stingers and technically they really aren’t spiders but they are in the same Class Arachnida. They have no venom. They do look rather odd but they eat cockroaches and other small insects. Have you seen any at your home?
Freaky Thanks to Andon for the photo
Insects adapt and continue to adapt to the surrounding world, “Absurd creature of the week: This is an actual Insect. This is not a joke.”
Laithwaite’s Wine has produced a wine guide on how to pick a wine for whatever insect you may want to eat. “British wine experts create guide on how to pair edible insects with fine wine”
OK I know what you’re thinking not a chance, but remember 7 billion people. It’s just a matter of time till we can feed the entire world. So stay tuned for more eating bugs facts. I know, I know – groooooooosssssss.
If you ever had Bedbugs I think it is difficult to get over that “creeped out feeling”. This story is from Canada but stills plays a part in the learning process for all of us. “Bed bugs can lead to mental health problems”
CAUTION —- CAUTION, graphic language and general weirdness
Every once in a while you run across a story that you just have no words to describe. This is that story! There is language in this story and WOW I’m having trouble just trying to write this. “Meet the man who loves the feel of bugs…”
Strigamia maritime, a venomous and carnivorous centipede species that can be found on the coast of the Moray Firth in Scotland, has provided scientists with an insight into the evolution of myriapods (a subphylum of arthropods that includes centipedes and millipedes), a group that first evolved over half a billion years ago.
Published by PLOS Biology “The first myriapod genome sequence reveals…” this article might be easier to read “First centipede genome sequenced but scientists still grappling at multiple legs mystery”
Job or no job and worshiped by Pharaoh’s
Whats in a job? In one sense you are rolling around in feces but in another sense you are worshiped by Pharaoh’s. “Why pharaohs worshipped dung beetles”? So what other jobs are right up there? I’m thinking of Mike Rowe’s show “Dirty Jobs”. How about Port-O-Let delivery or septic tank cleaner? As a customer do you know of any? There are many jobs out there and they all must be done, it seems like they probably should pay well.
So the first question is – Are Dung beetles scarab beetles? At the writing of this, there is some contention here but I’m sure the researchers will ultimately work these details out. So right now, dung beetles are in the Family – Scarabeidae which consist of about 30,000 species.
The Egyptians looked at Dung beetles similar to that of the sun moving across our planet. “The sun crosses the sky, goes into the underworld and rises again”. The Dung beetles roll the ball of feces, they mate and lay eggs inside the ball and then the babies hatch and come out of the ball of feces.
Consequently pest control technicians deal with feces from time to time, bird and rodent poop build up. In addition to that we have to be in attic and crawlspaces, guess who may live in there? Animals, rodents and once we had to remove a dead javelina from inside a crawlspace, yuuuuuuuuuuck.