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• To Biodegrade, Or 'rot' To Biodegrade?

• Simply Hair-raising

• Locust-inspired Car Safety

• In Search of Social Beetles

• Insect Conservation

• There's a myth (or is it truth) that urine from a human can negate a jellyfish sting. Is that an urban legend?

  There's a myth (or is it truth) that urine from a human can negate a jellyfish sting. Is that an urban legend?

• On average, how many flies do we accidentally eat every single day?

  On average, how many flies do we accidentally eat every single day?

• Why are insects, which have composite eyes, not blinded by the sun? Apparently they have no eyelids that they can shut, and my friend Wendolin blinded some ants with a laser pen and it appeared they were quite irritated by that.

  Why are insects, which have composite eyes, not blinded by the sun? Apparently they have no eyelids that they can shut, and my friend Wendolin blinded some ants with a laser pen and it appeared they were quite irritated by that.

• It's well known in the USA that bees are dying. This is having profound effects on certain types of agriculture. Why are these bees dying, are they dying elsewhere and is there any way to stop it?

  It's well known in the USA that bees are dying. This is having profound effects on certain types of agriculture. Why are these bees dying, are they dying elsewhere and is there any way to stop it?

• I found a couple of beetles over an inch long and the shell looked like a withered acorn. The wing span was nearly two inches. The antennae looked like they had a pair of false eyelashes on the end.

  I found a couple of beetles over an inch long and the shell looked like a withered acorn. The wing span was nearly two inches. The antennae looked like they had a pair of false eyelashes on the end.

• I saw a bunch of ants that were crowding around some food crumbs on the pavement. Do ants sleep? They seem to be running around all the time. Do they have some sort of shift schedule that they follow?

  I saw a bunch of ants that were crowding around some food crumbs on the pavement. Do ants sleep? They seem to be running around all the time. Do they have some sort of shift schedule that they follow?

• I work in a bakery and years ago we used to get a lot of cockroaches. We used to stack the bread tins inside one another. There was hardly any gap but they used to get inside. How did they manage that?

  I work in a bakery and years ago we used to get a lot of cockroaches. We used to stack the bread tins inside one another. There was hardly any gap but they used to get inside. How did they manage that?

• My mother left the lid off a jar of honey in a food cupboard. We'd never seen any ants there before, but they'd managed to form a line to the food cupboard from the back door over night. They'd found the jar honey. How do they do that? Is it some form of radar? They also seemed very small ants. Are there different species of ants?

  My mother left the lid off a jar of honey in a food cupboard. We'd never seen any ants there before, but they'd managed to form a line to the food cupboard from the back door over night. They'd found the jar honey. How do they do that? Is i...

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  Catching Insects with Pitfall Traps

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