by John Bozarjian | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog, Insetcs
All flies, and most other two-winged insect species belong to the Diptera order of insects, more than 100,000 of which are fly species. Although many fly species are well known pests that live in close association with humans, flies contribute significantly to the...
by John Bozarjian | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, Insetcs, Pest Control
Nearly one million arthropod species have been documented around the world, but only a small minority of these arthropods are considered “pests”. For example, most people would insist that cockroaches and termites are pests, but more than 4,500 cockroach species and...
by John Bozarjian | Oct 8, 2018 | Blog, Insetcs
It may sound hard to believe, but many different countries around the world have experimented with disease-spreading insects as weapons of war. This idea is not so crazy considering how fleas helped to swiftly wipe out one third of the European population during the...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog, Insetcs
There are not many insects that have a day of the year reserved for their celebration. Flying ant day is, as you can surmise, a day of the year when ants are expected to fly. However, the day is not necessarily a celebratory one, as most people dread the time of year...
