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Non-Poisonous Spiders

How Spiders are Helpful and Harmful to Humans

Spiders are both harmful and helpful to humans. While you may fear spiders have you considered the work they do regularly to benefit humans? Learn how spiders help us and hurt us.

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Butterflies and Moths

Blue Morpho Butterflies

The blue morpho butterfly is a brightly colored butterfly that lives in the rain forests of Costa Rica.

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Butterflies and Moths

Butterfly Garden

Butterflies signify beauty, freedom, growth, change, and new life. Their varieties come in many colors and sizes, but they are all amazing!

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Dragonflies

Dragonflies by Pieter van Dokkum: Magnificent Creatures of Temperate, Tropical Water, Air, and Land

Dragonflies by Pieter van Dokkum offers nature-lovers a review of the temperate and tropical world’s most magnificent creatures of air, land, and water.

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Butterflies and Moths

Tachinid flies and Monarch Butterfly caterpillars

Caterpillars should turn into pretty butterflies, all going well, but sometimes this doesn't happen if a parasitic fly gets to them first.

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Other Insects

Fireflies in Our Backyard on a Summer Evening

It's magical to watch the fireflies (lightning bugs) flashing and glowing in our backyard on a warm summer evening. Do you know how fireflies light up? And do you know why?

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Butterflies and Moths

Attracting Ulysses Butterfly to your Garden

Information about the Ulysses Butterfly and how to attract them to your garden. Beautiful photos of Ulysses Butterflies.

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Other Insects

Home Remedies for Fleas

Fleas are truly pests. They are annoying, they bite you and can be hard to get rid of: Fortunately, there are home remedies for vanquishing these tiny beasts. Find out more.

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Other Insects

Book Review: The Fireflies Book by Brett Ortler

The Fireflies Book by Brett Ortler describes the life cycles and natural histories of the beloved lightning bug, as summertime’s most high-flying lantern and most welcome guest.

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Butterflies and Moths

Giant Homerus Jamaican Swallowtails (Papilio homerus): Largest Butterflies of the Americas

Homerus swallowtails evoke Homer. Like their namesake, they have wonderful things to tell. But people and wasps may turn Jamaica's butterflies into ancient memories.

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Butterflies and Moths

Butterfly farming on a balcony - helping Monarch butterflies

Many people are trying to help Monarch butterflies and growing their food-plant Milkweed is an excellent way. These plants can be grown in pots if you don't have a garden.

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Other Insects

Book Review: The Mosquito Book by Brett Ortler

The Mosquito Book by Brett Ortler explains how to elude bites, dengue and yellow fever, encephalitis, malaria, and West Nile Virus from summertime's most unwelcome guest.

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Butterflies and Moths

Cape May, NJ Monarch Butterfly Tagging and Migration

Each year millions of monarch butterflies call Cape May, NJ home for a few days, as part of their 2,000-mile migration from Canada to Mexico. Eco-tourists won't want to miss this.

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Other Insects

12 Ways to Get Rid of Cockroaches Naturally

Easy Ways to Kill and Rid Your House of Cockroaches.

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Butterflies and Moths

Raising Swallowtail Butterflies

Raising swallowtail butterflies from very small caterpillars through thier cocoon phase and watching as they emerge and become butterflies.

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Non-Poisonous Spiders

Wolf Spiders

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Other Insects

Fireflies Light up the Summer Sky

Fireflies (also called lightning bugs), aren't flies or bugs - they're part of the beetle family. They flash their lights (lanterns) to attract mates and to warn predators away.

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Butterflies and Moths

Facts and Life Cycle of The Beautiful Monarch Butterfly

The beautiful Monarch Butterfly life cycle and facts are essential for the humanity to take steps from preventing them from becoming extinct.

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