• Clover Mites are most active during late spring.
• Clover Mites are actually relatives of the spider and the tick.
• Clover Mites probe at the surface of grass blades and sucks the juices.
• Most lawn damage caused by Clover Mites appears to be on the south and west sides of buildings.
• Clover Mites are reddish-brown and have front legs about twice the length of the other legs.
• When crushed, they will leave a characteristic red stain caused by their pigmentation.
• Clover Mites can enter houses close to thick vegetation. Remove any grass and/or weeds up to 24 inches away from the foundation of the house.
• Clover mite females lay about 70 eggs each during the spring in the crevices of buildings, under sidings, and on the underside of bark at the base of trees.

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• An adult female flea bites up to 400 times a day.
• Some ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.
• Adult lice can live up to 30 days on a person’s head.
• A queen termite can lay as many as 1,000 eggs a day.
• Fleas can jump up to eight feet, which is 150 times their own height.
• Mice can live up to 2 years, however they can produce up to 60 offspring a year.
• Firefly light is unique to each species. Each blinking pattern is an optical signal that helps fireflies find potential mates.
• Ladybugs bleed from their knees when they feel threatened. The foul-smelling fluid seeps from their leg joints, often leaving yellow stains on a surface
• House flies taste with their feet, which are millions of times more sensitive to sugar than the human tongue. House flies also generally stay within one mile of where they were born.

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Tis the season of the fresh pine smell of evergreen needles, holiday spirit and gifts that keep on crawling.

There is nothing festive about uninvited holiday guests that overstay their welcome, nesting beneath your floors, under carpets or in the walls. Once inside, they will seek out and contaminate food supplies. And since prevention is always better than reaction, when choosing a tree, be sure to inspect it carefully for those unwanted invaders; aphids, ants, bark beetles, mites, moths, insects, and spiders. Examine the undersides of the branches for egg cases and check out the trunk, too. Any small holes with sawdust trails? If so, sign of bark beetles. Always remove any bird nests, as these can contain mites. Reject any tree that appears infested with insect pests.

Don’t forget to vigorously shake the tree before bringing it indoors. In addition, decorations made of cloth can be bug magnets, especially for moths. When storing decorations include cedar blocks and/or mothballs.

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• Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
• Ants have the largest brain of any insect.
• The average housefly lives for one month.
• Dragonflies can fly up to 50 miles per hour.
• About 80% of the Earth’s animals are insects.
• The common garden worm has five pairs of hearts.
• Cockroaches have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies.
• Some male spiders pluck their cobwebs like a guitar, to attract female spiders.
• An Ant’s jaws open sideways like scissors and squeeze the juice out of their prey.
• Out of every 1,000 Mosquitoes, one female carries a disease that could be fatal to humans.
• An Ant has two stomachs: one to feed itself and the second one is used to feed other ants.

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