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Scorpion Scientist Lauren Esposito to Deliver Research Seminar at UC Davis
Everyone knows that scorpions are venomous--some are more venomous than others--and that they...
Scorpions are often difficult to find without the aid of ultraviolet light. (Photo byKathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpions fluoresce under ultraviolet light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpion scientist Lauren Esposito, who holds a doctorate in arachnology from the American Museum of Natural History, has worked at the California Academy of Science since 2015. (California Academy of Science Photo)
Invasive Spotlight: Red Imported Fire Ant
The red imported fire ant, or RIFA for short, is no ordinary red ant. This invasive pest lives up...
White pustules from red imported fire ant sting. (Credit: Texas Agricultural Extension Service)
Southern fire ant fire ant worker with red head and thorax and dark abdomen. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Spider Bites
Unlike mosquitoes, spiders do not seek people in order to bite them. Generally, a spider doesn't...
Adding A Dash of Spider Venom Enhances Insecticide Specificity?
Interesting article from the Investor's Business Daily below concerning the use of spider venom to enhance insecticide specificity. Article cites spider venom as being toxic to one species of cockroach and not another.
http://news.investors.com/071414-708698-adding-a-dash-of-spider.htm?ntt=insecticide
What I disagree with however is the idea that insecticides are currently used in a form of indiscriminate "carpet bombing" making them sometimes harmful to humans. Not really the case at all over here.
The IBD is a great newspaper for stock speculators and investors, but probably not the first place I would go for pest control information.
