Winnipeg has long been Canada’s mosquito capital, but Edmonton is challenging it this year. These days, mosquito traps in Edmonton are catching five times more mosquitoes that those in Winnipeg. Rainy spells followed by warm weather are responsible for the colossal rise in the number of these maddening insects.
The study of insects is called entomology. Entomology is a sub-section of biology and is one of the oldest sciences. Man has studied the habits of insects, normally with a view to getting rid them, since the first plague of locusts landed on primitive farmers’ crops tens of thousands of years ago. However, entomology was not really recognized and studied as a science until the Sixteenth Century.
So, you’ve got some time off work, college or school and you want to get outdoors and enjoy it. Maybe even go on holiday. What a good idea! Nevertheless, what happens when you get where you are going? The mosquitoes come out to get you.
The majority of insects will defend themselves if they feel threatened. This is fairly amazing when you think about how small insects are compared with the mammalian interloper. Most insects will only atttack if you wander into their territory. There are also insects that have to drink blood and they actively seek their prey. This type includes insects such as mosquitoes and fleas.
Mankind has to live with insects because we could not live without them. Insects are indispensable for cleaning waste both human and natural, but occasionally they are a nuisance and that is when we have to carry out some local, temporary insect control. This is normally when insects make a nuisance of themselves within our personal space.
Entomology at its most simple is the study of insects and associated animals. It is a subsection of biology and zoology. The animal class of Insecta is by far the largest group of animals in the world.
In the late summer of 1999, there was an epidemic of encephalitis and meningitis in New York. Initially, all the victims came from an eight square kilometer region centered on Queens and the Bronx.
Before you call for professional bed bug extermination, you need to confirm the presence of those creepy crawlers in your home. These are small insects which are active when the sun is out. Despite of their name, they can be also found in other areas in your room other than the bed.
There are more than 3,500 species of the mosquito and they have been around for more than 30 million years. The word mosquito derives from the Spanish and Portuguese word for little fly. They are comparable to crane flies and chironomid flies. Mosquitoes are a member of the Culicidae family, which means midge or gnat.
Who would have guessed that the London Underground is home to a unique species of mosquito? The species is called the London Underground mosquito and is considered to have evolved from Culex pipiens. The London Underground species has been called Culex pipiens molestus, because it is a tireless biter.
