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If you live in an area prone to termite damage, then it is a good idea to get an inspection done at least once a year. The average inspection by a pest control professional will cost you from $75 to $500, depending on the age and size of your house or property. In some cases, a...
Then we spent weeks talking to people who actually live those lives and asked them how much it all costs, from the babysitters to the termite prevention to the electric bill. The purpose of presenting these receipts isn’t to shock or horrify. But if they do shock or horrify, we hope fa...
(Fig.1e). The legs also possess sparse scatterings of hairs very similar to the macrotrichia. A second type of large hair is similar to the macrotrichia, but oblong in shape with a flattened, leaf-like appearance (\(84.4 \pm 8.9\,\upmu \hbox {m}\)long and\(9.2 \pm 1.1\,\up...
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Boric acid has always been an effective cockroach deterrent as long as you use it properly. Its toxicity is low for humans, but deadly to cockroaches. When spreading the boric acid, go light. In fact, the acid should barely be visible to you. A very light line under the stove and refri...
I am not, by a long shot, the first to point out how the termite mound is NOT (yet) the perfect poster-child for bioinspiration and biomimicry. Here are two other blog-posts that discuss this very topic: Carl Hastrich on his Bouncing Ideas Blog asked “How is the Eastgate Building not...
A portion of the prothorax also covers the roach's head. The middle legs are the mesothoracic legs. They move back and forth to either speed the roach up or slow it down. The very long metathoracic legs are the roach's back legs, and they move the roach forward. Using its meta...
Termites have three stages of development — egg, nymph and adult — and are social insects. This means they live in colonies with a division of labor. The termite family unit includes a queen and king to propagate, some soldiers to defend the colony and a bunch of workers to gather food...