A quick guide to avoidance and next steps if the bug bites or the wasp stings. Source: Gainesville Sun
Manhattan Mice Have Evolved to Live on Cheese Fries (via Daily Intelligencer)
Prowling New York with the evolutionary-biologist author of “Darwin Comes to Town”. Source: Daily Intelligencer
Leaderless, practically blind and with teeny brains, army ants perform amazing feats of logistics (via Washington Post)
A simple algorithm helps constantly migrating colonies build bridges using their own bodies. Source: Washington Post
Woman nearly loses foot after spider bite (via KOKI)
A spider bite nearly cost a Texas woman her foot. Source: KOKI
Dangerous Lone Star tick gains foothold on Cape (via Wicked Local Truro)
HARWICH – “This is like hand-to-hand combat, you don’t want to lose a single fight. Source: Wicked Local Truro
Lyme Disease spreading in Michigan (via WILX)
Mid-Michigan is once again a haven for the breed of ticks that carry Lyme disease. Source: WILX
North Valleys Buzzing with Pests; Residents See Mosquitoes, Midges Return (via Elizabeth Olveda)
The nice spring weather northern Nevada has been Seeing lately, comes with its consequences. In this case, mosquitoes and midges are all the buzz in the North Valleys. Source: Elizabeth Olveda
This is why Hoosiers may soon have to worry about diseases such as malaria and Zika (via Indianapolis Star)
A new report published as part of the Indiana Climate Change Impact Assessment outlines how warmer, wetter conditions could lead to disease and death. Source: Indianapolis Star
“Zombie-like” raccoons: Police probe calls about raccoons acting strangely in daytime (via r20.rs6.net)
Authorities are asking residents to report raccoons behaving unusually to their local police station Source: r20.rs6.net
Buffalo Gnats outbreak in Arkansas County (via Stuttgart Daily Leader)
This year we are Seeing a bumper crop of black flies, more commonly called buffalo gnats, in this area. Source: Stuttgart Daily Leader
