BAD BUGS…10 MOST EVIL ANIMALSI LIKE THOSE TOP 10 LISTS THAT POP UP IN THE MEDIA FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU KNOW – LIKE THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES (DENMARK #1) AND TEN MOST DEPRESSED COUNTRIES (MOLDOVA #1). THE WORLD’S FATTEST NATION OVERALL IS NAURU, A SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND WHERE 71% OF ITS 10,000 POPULATION IS OBESE. BUT, I’D NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE TOP 10 MOST EVIL ANIMALS UNTIL TIME MAGAZINE PUBLISHED ITS LIST.AT NUMBER TEN IS THE ASIAN CARP, A NASTY NATIVE OF CHINA, SOMETIMES WEIGHING AS MUCH AS 100 POUNDS. WHEN STARTLED, THEY JUMP OUT OF THE WATER; ATTACK FISHERMAN AND OFTEN CAUSE THE UNFORTUNATE ANGLER BROKEN BONES AND BLACK EYES.NEXT, THE EMERALD ASH BORER, ALSO OF CHINESE ORIGIN, DESTROYS TREES BY THE MILLIONS. THIS IRIDESCENT GREEN BEETLE HAS A GARGOYLE’S FACE. UNLESS THE USDA INTERVENES, THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A MODERN-DAY PLAGUE LIKE THE OLD TESTAMENT LOCUSTS IN EGYPT.EIGHTH PLACE GOES TO PANDAS. YES, PANDAS, THAT CUTE, CUDDLY BEAR BELOVED BY SMALL CHILDREN. AGAIN, FROM CHINA, THESE DECEPTIVELY SWEET LOOKING CRITTERS ARE LAZY, MEAN-SPIRITED, AND PRONE TO ABUSING THEIR MATES AND OFFSPRING.I TOTALLY AGREE WITH NUMBER SEVEN. THE TAPEWORM INVADES THE LIVER AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS OF OTHER ANIMALS, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR HUMANS WHO UNKNOWINGLY EAT RAW UNDERCOOKED INFECTED MEAT. THEY STEAL FOOD WHILE LIVING HAPPILY INSIDE THE BODY WITHOUT THE HOST EVEN KNOWING IT UNTIL THERE IS AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE IN THE BATHROOM.FEW PEOPLE HAD EVER HEARD OF NUMBER SIX UNTIL MERYL STREEP’S 1988 MOVIE “A CRY IN THE DARK.” BASED ON A TRUE INCIDENT, IT’S THE STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN MOTHER FALSELY IMPRISONED FOR KILLING HER BABY. LATER EVIDENCE SHOWED A DINGO HAD EATEN HER 9-MONTH-OLD. OTHER REPORTS OF DINGOES KILLING CHILDREN FOLLOWED.FIFTH PLACE FOR SHEER EVIL GOES TO LOCUSTS. LIKE NUMBER NINE, THE ASH BORERS, THEY BREED WITH WILD ABANDON AND TURN TO GANG BEHAVIOR. AGGRESSIVE SWARMS OF LOCUSTS TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF MILES, DEVOURING ENTIRE CROPS IN THEIR WAKE. MAYBE YOU HAVE READ OF THEIR INFAMY IN EXODUS 10.AT NUMBER FOUR IS THE TSETSE FLY. FOND OF HUMAN BLOOD, THIS FAST FLYING AFRICAN INSECT TRANSMITS THE DREADED “SLEEPING SICKNESS” TO ITS VICTIMS. UNTREATED, THE DISEASE IS OFTEN FATAL.THE THIRD MOST EVIL CREATURE IS THE RAT AND ITS COUSIN THE HOUSE MOUSE. THEY ARE DISGUSTING, NASTY, DISEASE-SPREADING RELATIVES. IN THE 14TH CENTURY, RATS WERE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLACK DEATH THAT KILLED 100 MILLION EUROPEANS OVER A PERIOD OF 200 YEARS; ONE OUT OF THREE.EVIL CREATURE NUMBER TWO IS THE HUMAN BEING. HMMMM. I WOULD HAVE RATED HUMANS NUMBER ONE MOST DEPRAVED, TWISTED AND MALEVOLENT OF ALL GOD’S CREATIONS. THE TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE PUBLISHED A GALLERY OF THE 50 MOST EVIL AMERICAS. CHARLES MANSON IS #1, AND SCOTT PETERSON IS #50. DAILY WE HEAR ABOUT MURDERERS, CHILD MOLESTERS, RAPISTS, WAR MONGERS, HATERS, CON ARTISTS, AND OTHER EVIL PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET. I AGREE WITH GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, WHO SAID, “HUMAN BEINGS ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS OF WHICH I AM THOROUGHLY AND CRAVENLY AFRAID.”DRUM ROLL, PLEASE…..THE MOST EVIL BEAST IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM IS THE BEDBUG. ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN APPLE SEED, THEY CAN DRINK UP TO THREE TIMES THEIR BODY WEIGHT IN HUMAN BLOOD. THEY'VE BECOME ESPECIALLY PROLIFIC OVER RECENT YEARS WITH INFESTATION REPORTS COMING IN FROM ALL 50 STATES. NEW YORK CITY, ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS LESIONS OF RATS, HAD THEM IN ALMOST EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS LAST YEAR. IN CINCINNATI ONE OUT OF FIVE RESIDENTS HAVE ENCOUNTERED BEDBUGS PERSONALLY. THEY WON’T KILL YOU, BUT WHEN YOU WAKE UP COVERED IN PINK, ITCHY BLOTCHES; YOU’LL PROBABLY WISH YOU WERE DEAD.GUEST WRITER: MARY READY, TWICE-RETIRED ENGLISH TEACHER FROM DESTIN, FLORIDASEE THE REST OF OUR FUMIGANTS & PHEROMONES NEWSLETTER AT: HTTP://WWW.INSECTSLIMITED.COM/FILES/G3VU/ISSUE%20112.PDF
asian-carp.jpg Date: Oct 29, 2014, 3:10 PM
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THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOURDECIDING WHICH FRUIT TREES TO ADD TO YOUR GARDEN CAN BE A LITTLE TOUGH AT TIMES. TO GIVE YOU SOME KNOW-HOW, WE’VE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF FIVE OF OUR FAVOURITE FRUIT TREES.FIG TREES (FICUS CARICA) WILL GROW HUGE UNLESS THEIR ROOTS ARE RESTRICTED, MAKING THEM EXCELLENT CONTAINER SPECIMENS. THEY’RE SELF-FERTILISING, BUT PROTECT THE TRUNKS AGAINST STEM BORER BY WRAPPING A MOSQUITO NET AROUND THE TREE TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT ONE METRE.APPLES (MALUS PUMILA) NEED TWO VARIETIES FOR CROSS-FERTILISATION, UNLESS THE LABELS INDICATE OTHERWISE. SPRAY AGAINST CODDLING MOTH, DOWNY MILDEW AND FRUIT FLIES. APPLE TREES ALSO PREFER A COLD CLIMATE.APRICOTS (PRUNUS ARMENIACA) ARE SELF-FERTILISING. THEY SHOULD BE PRUNED TO SHAPE THE TREES, BUT DON’T NEED ANNUAL PRUNING, AND DISLIKE FROST AND WIND. SPRAY AGAINST CODDLING MOTH, FRUIT FLIES AND DOWNY MILDEW.BOYSENBERRIES AND YOUNGBERRIES (RUBUS URSINUS) ARE SMALL ENOUGH FOR EVEN THE TINIEST GARDEN AND CAN BE ESPALIERED OR TRAINED ALONG A TRELLIS. THEY DISLIKE FROST AND HEAVY SUMMER RAINS, AND SHOULD BE PLANTED 2.5M APART. PRUNE BACK RUNNERS AFTER FRUITING IN DECEMBER AND SPRAY AGAINST AMERICAN BOLL WEEVILS, DOWNY MILDEW AND BEETLES.CHERRY TREES (PRUNUS AVIUM) ALSO NEED TWO VARIETIES FOR CROSS-FERTILISATION AND, AS THE TREES GROW QUITE BIG, THEY SHOULD BE ESPALIERED IN SMALL GARDENS. THEY PREFER COLD WINTERS AND COOL SUMMERS, AND WON’T NEED PRUNING IF ALLOWED TO GROW NORMALLY. SPRAY AGAINST BACTERIAL CANCERS, PEAR SLUGS AND SCALE.SOURCE: HTTP//DAILYFIX.CO.ZA
6ArdM.jpg Date: Oct 28, 2014, 7:15 AM
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WHY THE LONGICORN FACE? IT MOUSTACHE BEEN A MISTAKE....+NICK MONAGHAN AND I CAME ACROSS THIS ENORMOUS LONG HORN BEETLE HALFWAY EMERGED FROM A TREE - APPARENTLY THESE ARE BORERS AND PUPATE IN TREES - WHERE IT SEEMED TO BE WEDGED SOLID. OF COURSE OUR FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO HELP IT.... AFTER WE'D TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ITS LOVELY PHOTOGENIC QUALITIES :)+AMY LEE THIS IS WHAT YOU MISS WHEN YOU'RE LATE :D#MACRO
DSC01097-261014.jpg Date: Oct 26, 2014, 1:27 AM
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WOOD BORING BEETLES MATING ON THE FOREST FLOOR
wood-borers.jpg Date: Oct 16, 2014, 8:20 PM
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INSECT PESTS ARE PROVEN CARRIERS OF MANY KNOWN DISEASES AND THEREFORE POSE A CONSTANT THREAT TO FOOD MANUFACTURERS, FOOD PROCESSING FACILITIES, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.AFRIKA BORWA PEST MANAGEMENT OFFER INNOVATIVE PEST PREVENTION PROGRAMMES FOR COCKROACHES, RODENTS AND FLIES AS WELL AS PREVENTION PROGRAMMES AGAINST STORED PRODUCT PESTS SUCH AS RICE WEEVILS, INDIAN MEAL MOTH, WAREHOUSE MOTH, MEALWORM BEETLE, FLAT GRAIN BEETLE, LESSER GRAIN BORER AND GRANARY WEEVILS.OUR ROUTINE TREATMENT PROGRAMMES ARE "PEST SPECIES" SPECIFIC AND FOCUS ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST SPECIES FOLLOWED BY SPECIFIC ELIMINATION TREATMENTS AND MAINTENANCE TREATMENT METHODS. SHOULD THE USE OF INSECTICIDES BE NECESSARY, THEY WILL TAKE THE FORM OF SYSTEMATIC APPLICATIONS IN THE FORM OF INSECTICIDAL DUST, LIQUID RESIDUALS, LIQUID NON-RESIDUALS, BAITS, NON-RESIDUAL INSECTICIDAL GAS OR INSECTICIDAL THERMAL FOG, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE EXPERTLY APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS PARTS OF YOUR FACILITY.ALL OUR TREATMENT METHODS, PESTICIDES AND PEST MONITORING MATERIALS ARE IN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SABS, AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. WE ARE ALSO ISO 9002 COMPLIANT.HOW CAN WE HELP?• 071 449 3605• TALK TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
pest control services.jpg Date: Oct 14, 2014, 9:45 AM
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ROUGH HAWK'S BEARD STILL ENERGETICALLY BLOOMING AND BUDDING IN OCTOBER.AGAINST AN OLD CYPRESSUS LOG LEFT ON THE GROUND FOR BORING BEETLES AND SUCH.
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THE BORERAS IF TERMITES WEREN'T ENOUGH, HERE'S A CLOSE-UP OF A WOOD-BORING OR POWDERPOST BEETLE LARVA THAT I FOUND WITH THE DAMPWOOD TERMITES. THESE LITTLE CRITTERS BORE THROUGH WOOD TURNING IT INTO A FINE POWDER, WHICH IS WHERE IT GETS ITS NAME. WHILE THEY CAN SLIGHTLY RESEMBLE TERMITES IN COLOR, THESE CAN BE MUCH LONGER. THIS ONE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.5-3 CM LONG.#MACRO #MACROPHOTOGRAPHY #INSECTS #WOODBORINGBEETLE #POWDERPOSTBEETLE #NATURE #NATUREPHOTOGRAPHY #HQSPMACRO +HQSP MACRO CURATED BY +CHANDRO JI +TERRIE GRAY +ROBERT VIERTHALER +ALBERT VUVU KONDE#MACROMANIACS FOR +MACROMANIACS AND +SANDRA DEICHMANN#MACRO4ALL BY +BILL URWIN, +THOMAS KIRCHEN, +WALTER SOESTBERGEN (+MACRO4ALL )#MACROADDICT (+MACROADDICT) CURATED BY +SANDRINE BERJONNEAU AND +DIDIER CARON AND +JEAN-PIERRE MALÉZIEUX
_MG_5642-Edit.jpg Date: Sep 30, 2014, 10:38 PM
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THIS ALONG-HORNED WOOD-BORING BEETLE (PRIONUS CALIFORNICUS). THERE ARE MORE THAN 800,000 SPECIES OF INSECTS ON #EARTH, MORE THAN ALL THE OTHER #PLANTS AND #ANIMALS COMBINED. OF THIS GREAT NUMBER OF INSECTS, NEARLY HALF ARE BEETLES. UNLIKE OTHER #INSECTS, BEETLES HAVE A PAIR OF LEATHERY PROTECTIVE WINGS CALLED ELYTRA THAT COVER THEIR MEMBRANOUS FLIGHT WINGS. DURING FLIGHT, THE ELYTRA ARE SPREAD APART AND THE TWO FLIGHT WINGS ARE UNFOLDED AND EXTENDED. BEETLES COME IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES AND COLORS, FROM RED "LADYBUGS" AND METALLIC GREEN FIG BEETLES TO LIGHTNING BEETLES THAT GLOW IN THE DARK AND HUGE HORNED BEETLES RESEMBLING A MINIATURE RHINOCEROS. COLORFUL BEETLES ARE USED FOR #JEWELRY AND PINS, AND SHINY TROPICAL SCARAB BEETLES ARE STRUNG TOGETHER TO MAKE UNUSUAL NECKLACES. #BEETLES RANGE IN SIZE FROM LESS THAN A MILLIMETER (1/100 OF AN INCH) TO TROPICAL GIANTS OVER SIX INCHES LONG. THE LARGEST GIANTS MAY WEIGH 40 MILLION TIMES MORE THAN THEIR LILLIPUTIAN RELATIVES.
buggin' out.MPG Date: Sep 24, 2014, 8:34 PM
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WHEN BUILDING YOUR HOME IN THE STUMP OF A GIANT TREE, ONE HAS TO REMAIN VIGILANT FOR GIANT BORING BEETLES AND OTHER WOOD-EATING PESTS.
IMG_1122[1].JPG Date: Sep 23, 2014, 2:37 PM
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THE MILKWEED BEETLE, THESE LITTLE DUDES ARE INTELLIGENT. I USED TO PUC