Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / March 2004

My housemate and I both have many extremely itchy bites on us.  His
look much like mosquito bites, only redder, and there are lots of
them.  Some are clustered together, and there are a lot around his
waist and neck.  Mine are fewer, smaller, and not colored (except

Hello.  My house is located in northeast USA, specifically, Warwick,
NY.  During the winter, while doing work in the basement, I noticed
that there are about 100-200 cobweb spiders, each of them motionless,
in between my floor joists.  Each time I catch some and put them

FYI.  Some good news

Has anyone out there gone through the nightmare of having microscopic mites
in their house, and on their clothes and bodies? At its worst it was even
causing rashes. Pesticide companies have not been successful, the bugs are
too small. Dermatologists have been unable to help also.

http://home.pi.be/~av622003/alainimages/phyllidae/phyllium_giganteum_1_gross.jpg
it looks just like a leaf.
cj

 I have these bug around my home a lot within last 2 months or so.  I
don't know what they are or how to get rid of them.  Please help ID
them.  Thanks.  You can see pictures at:
http://albanohi.freeservers.com/bug.html

To whom it may concern,  
    My name is Diana Reznikoff. I am in my final semester at the Friends
World Program of Long Island University. It is along name for an even
longer story, long story short Friends World is LIU’s

Hello there group.
I am wondering if anyone would be able to let me know the effects on
humans if they were to eat a Red Flour Beetle, the eggs or even the
larve.

http://www.troutnut.com
I just finished this site a few days ago as an original resource for
fly fishermen to learn about stream science so they can tie better
imitations and just generally understand the trout better.  My photos