Spread of Nosema bombi pathogen from commercial bumblebee operations to wild bumblebee populations is one of the leading causes of native bumblebee declines across NA.
Bed bug saliva contains both an anticoagulant and a mild anesthetic — most people don't feel the bite while it's happening.
Only male blue morphos are blue — females are typically brown with white spots.
Female botflies have been documented hijacking at least 40 different species of biting insects — not just mosquitoes.
The violin-shaped marking on the cephalothorax gives the brown recluse its other common name: fiddleback spider.
Over 1,000 'brown recluse bite' diagnoses have been recorded in California, Florida, and Oregon — places the spider has never lived. Most are misdiagnosed.
Most real recluse bites happen when humans roll onto a hidden spider in bed — the spider isn't aggressive, just trapped.
