Guide to Insect Identification http://insect-identification.com Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:44:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Avoiding Chinch Bugs Chinch Bugs — Maintaining a healthy lawn throughout the summer months can often end up feeling like a daily battle against a wide range of environmental factors seeking to destroy it. Damage caused by chinch bugs can transform your green oasis into a dry, brown desert in a matter of weeks, undoing all of the [...]

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]]> http://insect-identification.com/chinch-bugs/ Bed Bug Bites – Spotting And Treating Bed bug bites come from parasitic insects that prey on warm-blooded animals, including humans. Bed bugs get their name from the fact that they often congregate in and around beds. The bugs then feed on humans while they sleep. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally hard to detect, given that they typically come out at night and [...]

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]]> http://insect-identification.com/bed-bug-bites/ Brown Recluse Spider The mature brown recluse spider can be definitively identified by the presence of a dark violin on the top of its thorax. At full size, this Midwestern and Southern spider measures a little less than one inch from leg to leg, and the body itself is less than half an inch at maximum size. Younger [...]

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]]> http://insect-identification.com/brown-recluse-spider/ Silverfish Bug – What They Are, And How To Get Rid Of Them The Silverfish Bug, or Lepisma saccharina, is a common household pest. Silverfish have been around for over 300 million years. Unlike the dirty cockroach, which can spread disease, bite, and cause worsening of asthma and allergies, Silverfish don’t spread diseases. Silverfish are wingless insects about three-quarters of an inch long. They have long antennae. They [...]

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]]> http://insect-identification.com/silverfish-bug/ Household Insects Household insects are as numerous as the stars in the sky and can flourish anywhere, both in and around the house, wherever they can find food. Just because a household insect may be small, does not mean it is not dangerous. At the very least it can be a nuisance. Though pesky little creatures, common [...]

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]]> http://insect-identification.com/household-insects/ Insect Identifier With over one million known species and an estimated nine million more, being an insect identifier seems like an arduous task for beginners. The general body plan of insects encompasses an exoskeleton made out of chitin covering fused body segments known as tagmata. The tagmata is made up of a head, thorax, and abdomen. The [...]

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]]> http://insect-identification.com/insect-identifier/ Identifying Insects This blog offers comprehensive information for identifying insects and insect identification. You will learn a lot about mosquito identification, dragonfly identification as well as the insect life cycle and in some cases – how to get rid of household insects. This blog will also offer resources for identifying insects, comprehensive scientific information and other interesting [...]

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