Who doesn’t love to sit back and relax and watch a fun movie? The kind of movie that features an unlikely character that despite all the odds and setbacks turns into a superhero and essentially saves the world. In the new Marvel movie Ant-Man, actor Paul Rudd plays an underdog turned superhero that, by touching…
The Cicada killer, also known as the Sphecius speciosus, is a giant wasp looking insect that kills cicadas. Cicadas damage a great deal of crops, shrubs, trees and will lay their eggs deep within branches leaving scarring and other marks on the vegetation it attacks. One of the more annoying aspects of a cicada is…
Ants are often first thought of as a common pest but if you really stop and think about it you might be surprised at just how little you know about ants and how much you can learn from them. Ants can be found almost everywhere on earth with the exception of Antarctica and a few…
Many of us have felt the pain of a bee or wasp sting. Fortunately though, most of us will never experience the pain of a bullet ant or a tarantula hawk. But there is a man who has, in fact Justin Schmidt; entomologist has felt all three and approximately 147 more bites and stings. On…
We have all probably seen a centipede on occasion and heard them mentioned in conversations, but what do you really know about them? The centipede is a bit of a frightening sight to see with all their legs and skinny black body writhing around. They come in all kinds of sizes but the majority of…
