Sep 27, 2019
Most social insect species that create large nesting mounds from excavated soil can be found in Africa, South America and Australia, but not so much in the United States. However, the Allegheny mound ant is one exception, as these ants create mounds above their...
Sep 27, 2019
Wolf spiders belong to the Lycosidae family, and numerous species have been documented in just about every region of the world. Wolf spiders were long considered dangerous to humans, but modern medical professionals consider the spiders largely harmless, but serious...
Sep 24, 2019
At least 84 tick species have been documented in the United States, and while 40 of these species reportedly bite humans, only 10 are considered species of medical importance. These ten species can transmit 16 tick-borne diseases to humans and animals, and most of...
Sep 18, 2019
There are several arthropod species in the northeast United States that either bite or sting humans. Yellow jackets and bees are the two most common insect groups that sting humans in the northeast, but the region is also home to the invasive European fire ant, which...
Sep 18, 2019
Most people have woken up in the morning, noticed a bite or what looks like a bite on them and concluded that it must have come from a spider. However, it is very unlikely that what we think are spider bites are actually caused by a spider. Recent studies and many...
