Insects, Spiders, and Other Bugs
They may be tiny, but insects, spiders, and other anthropods make up the largest animal species on the planet. Discover profiles of all kinds of creepy crawlies and find tips for attracting beneficial insects and controlling pests.
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How to Keep Fall Caterpillars Alive Until Spring
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The 5 Kinds of Bugs That Can Jump
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10 Tips for Getting Rid of Fruit Flies
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Keep Bugs out of Your Firewood and Your Home
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10 Red and Black Bugs You Can Find in Your Garden
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10 Fascinating Facts About Termites
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10 Fascinating Facts About Scorpions
Why Are Monarch Caterpillars Turning Black?
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10 Fascinating Praying Mantis Facts
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What Are Florida Lovebugs?
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Where Do Fruit Flies Come From?
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16 Fascinating Facts About Mosquitoes
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Tussock Moth Caterpillars
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What Attracts Bedbugs to Human Environments?
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10 Fascinating Stick Insect Facts
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Is Killing a Praying Mantis Illegal?
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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies
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How to Use a Bug Bomb Safely
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Why Do Crickets Stop Chirping When Approached?
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How to Make and Use Homemade Ant Killer
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5 Myths About Dragonflies
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What Do Termites Look Like?
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10 Fascinating Facts About Aphids
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10 Fascinating Facts About Cockroaches
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How to Avoid Bed Bugs in Hotels
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13 Stinging Caterpillars
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7 Insects Commonly Found on Milkweed
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10 Fascinating Facts About Fleas
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Types of Insect Fossils
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Daddy Longlegs: Order Opiliones
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Camel Crickets and Cave Crickets, Family Rhaphidophoridae
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Build Your Own Mercury Vapor Light Setup
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10 Fascinating Facts About Grasshoppers
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The World's Smallest Insects
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Superorder Dictyoptera, Roaches and Mantids
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10 Astonishing Facts About House Flies
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How to Feed and Care for a Caterpillar
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Grasshoppers: The Family Acrididae
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Why Is Getting Rid of Bed Bugs so Hard?
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Is the Daddy Longlegs Dangerous to Humans?
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Daddy Longlegs: Arachnids, but Not Spiders
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Using a Black Light to Collect Insects at Night
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Stink Bugs of Family Pentatomidae
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How to Control Flies in Your Home and Yard
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A Guide to Caring for Pet Millipedes
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We Swallow Spiders in Our Sleep: Myth or Fact?
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What Is the Deadliest Insect on Earth?
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Beetles That Eat Bodies
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10 Fascinating Facts About Crickets
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How to Use Crickets to Calculate Temperature
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Amazing Praying Mantis Egg Case
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How Are Accumulated Degree Days (ADD) Calculated?
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Giant Water Bugs, Family Belostomatidae
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The Life Cycle of Fleas
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Early History of Forensic Entomology, 1300-1900
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What Is Thigmotaxis?
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Learn How Aphids Can Quickly Overrun Your Garden
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Water Scorpions, Family Nepidae
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12 Worst Vegetable Garden Pests
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Broods of the Periodical Cicada
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The Exploding Bombardier Beetles