i don't k now about you but bats make my shell crawl (actually all i can do is crawl) but bats especially since i live in a room with a tv and see all these vampire movies on how bats swoop down and bite your neck when it's out of its shell and suck your blood but really there is only one species of bats that eat blood because most bats eat insects in fact bats are nature's best insect pest control, able to consume huge quantities of moths, mosquitoes and other pests and many organic farmers are using bats as pest control for crops instead of using pesticides by setting up bat houses in their crop fields and then the bats live near the crops and eat moth larvae in fact some of the most costly pests for corn farmers and are also a favorite meal of the mexican free-tail bat and by using these bats for crop insect control they are eliminating the use of tons of pesticides in the corn fields of the u.s., and their droppings (guano) makes excellent fertilizer but it really makes a mess if it gets on your shell....
...i know i am supposed to like worms...to eat them anyway...but yukkk!!! i don't like them at all...they smell, too...especially after it rains and do you know why it smells like worms after it rains...well...i did some research and found that worms come out more after it rains because they need to keep their bodies moist to breath so it's really the only time they can dig their way out from the earth and crawl around on the ground and they also look for other worms to mate with on top of the ground so it smells like worms because there are a lot of them up out of the ground but that smell isn't just a worm smell...the smell is also the bacteria that is on the ground covers their wormy bodies and that is what smells and that bacteria smell is also released more from the earth through all the holes the worms make as they come to the surface so the wormy smell is really mostly a bacteria smell of the earth and it gets blamed on worms...
Would you like to see BUTTERFLIES in your yard without planting a BUTTERFLY BUSH...try WATERMELON. According to Royal Pest Entomologist John Moore, if you put a chunk of watermelon on a stick, and put several sticks in a row so the watermelon is up in the air, the color attracts them and they can easily feed on the water in the melon. Butterflies feed through a small pipe, like a straw, which is coiled under their head most of the time. That straw is what an adult butterfly uses to suck up all of the nectar from plants. The straw is called a ‘proboscis’. This is the reason that all butterflies generally stick to an all-liquid diet. Put out some watermelon and watch how it attracts butterflies...make sure you have your camera ready!
By: Lynne Adkins, KYW Newsradio 1060 Strange purple boxes are springing up in trees along roadways in southeastern Pennsylvania. They're deep purple in color and look like box kites.
But it's not a joke or part of a creative installation.
Jean Kummer, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, says they're called "purple panel traps," and they're part of a survey to determine how widespread the infestation of emerald ash borers is in certain areas.
"They just attract them. The color and the oils that they put on attract the emerald ash borer, and that way we can determine if they're in that specific area," she explains.
The borers are killing ash trees across the commonwealth. The hardwood is used to make, among other things, baseball bats, and is important to the state's lumber industry.
Kummer says the purple panels will stay up through August, and then officials will decide where the problem is and what action is needed to stop the pests.
(I just grabbed this story...I was wondering what these boxes were)
In celebration of The Royal Wedding,
There are many signs of rats and mice living in your home: a greasy “runway” along a wall they travel, gnawings, footprints… but one of the best ways to identify if you have rodents and what kind are inside is by their droppings.
Fresh droppings of rat and mice feces are usually moist, soft, shiny and dark, but in a few days they become dry and hard. Old droppings are dull and grayish and crumble when touched.
The Roof Rat's droppings are up to 1/2 inch long, spindle shaped and curved.
Norway Rat droppings which are about the same length but blunt.
Mouse feces are about 1/8 inch long, and are pointed on both ends.
We have been seeing a resurgence of BED BUGS all over the country and especially on the east coast. New York City is so infested that there are Government Task Forces working on the problem. Recently, Philadelphia was named the #2 most-infested city. Bed bugs are bad in your home but in cities like Philly, three of the worst places where they can fester, and spread are:
Bed Bugs are Bad for HOSPITALITY Business.
Bed Bugs THRIVE at UNIVERSITIES
Bed Bugs can overtake an APARTMENT complex
