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Filtering by Tag: insect science

705 - Animals: Insect-anity

Episode Link

Are insects animals?
http://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1995/5/95.05.08.x.html
https://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/ythfacts/4h/unit1/intro.htm

Bees die after stinging/venom can keep injecting after stinger separates
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2015/11/16/how-and-why-honey-bees-make-the-ultimate-sacrifice-when-they-sting-you/#710ab64a6346
https://www.terminix.com/blog/science-nature/do-bees-die-after-stinging/
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/loveridge/index-page8.html

Ultrasonic Devices and Insects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_pest_control
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2001/05/ftc-warns-manufacturers-and-retailers-ultrasonic-pest-control

Mosquitos and HIV Transmission
https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/viruses101/why_cant_mosquitos_transmit_hiv
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/outdoor/mosquito-borne/default.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-a-used-needle-can-tran/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10554479
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/aids.htm

Black Widows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-05-06/size-matters-black-widow-spider-sexual-cannibalism
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/animals-spiders-black-widows-cannibals/

Grasshoppers turn into Locusts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-brain-chemical-changes-locusts-from-harmless-grasshoppers-to-swarming-pests
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-grasshoppers-go-bibl/