Insects & Spiders | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:05:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Treating for bedbugs https://boneblogger.com/treating-for-bedbugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=treating-for-bedbugs Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:13:49 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2407 Bedbugs have been a rising concern for the last two decades. You can read more about the biology of these pesky house bugs here. In this post we will investigate several methods that might help you deal with them. The first thing to do is to confirm that you have an infestation, and this can […]

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]]> Dangerous animals—spiders https://boneblogger.com/dangerous-animals%e2%80%94spiders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dangerous-animals%25e2%2580%2594spiders Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:01:15 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2151 In this installment of the Dangerous Animals series we look at a group that is very misunderstood, and often erroneously indicted for being dangerous—spiders. In the summary chart of dangerous animals, summarized from various sources, spiders are accused of causing 6 deaths a year, on average, in North America. This is more deaths than caused […]

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]]> Pest Control For Ants https://boneblogger.com/pest-control-for-ants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pest-control-for-ants Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:13:50 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1996 If ants have taken over your home and you want to get them out, there are a few things that you can do. In order to begin the process of extracting the ants you will want to identify the type of ants that you are dealing with. There are different methods that are used to […]

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]]> Pesky house bugs—bedbugs https://boneblogger.com/pesky-house-bugs%e2%80%94bedbugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pesky-house-bugs%25e2%2580%2594bedbugs Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:27:01 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1964 “Sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbug bite,” was a common saying when I was a kid, but I did not really understand it. What was a bedbug anyway? I thankfully went through most of my life without knowing because they were largely eradicated as pests throughout the developed world. However, since the 1990s they […]

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