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2008-08-29 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - Half grasshopper, half beetle maybe??: Heather: Your description is of a "wheel bug," Arilus cristatus, one of the assassin bugs in the family Reduviidae. Relax, they assassinate other insects, not people. Still, I wouldn't play with them...
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2008-08-28 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - Strange bugs in laundry: The organism you describe is likely a nematode, commonly called a roundworm, but I am not sure precisely what the association with the cat may be, since the nematode parasites are internal. There are...
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2008-08-28 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - query about insects living on human body: Yes. It is definitely head or body lice, or perhaps both. On the below-listed web page there is some very useful information. It is going to take some effort to exterminate all traces of them from both...
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2008-08-28 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - carpet beetles - mattress infestation???: If I were you, I'd move someplace else. Sell all your upholstered furniture to someone you don't like, or donate it to a charity that you don't approve of. Take all your clothes to the laundromat or...
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2008-08-28 Entomology (Study of Bugs) - There is a new bug in my home and i would like to know more about it.: Hi Beth I ca see that if you hate bugs you would hate this one. This I believe is a house centipede( Scutigera) Google it and see some photos. House centipedes are in all houses. They never appear...
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