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TARANTULAS ARE LOOKING FOR LOVE EARLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Male tarantulas have been spotted, early this season, marching in mass for mates. This annual march to find love, usually starts around September or October, but rangers in our state parks believe that the weather has male tarantulas starting their searches earlier...
Giant Rats: From Nasty Vermin to Super Heros
Giant Rats: Giant rats are no longer just figments of the imagination. Now, it seems, these once mythical rodents are in fact real, and they’re absolutely, ginormous. That’s really, really big! A rat, which was called “Vika” by locals on Vangunu (one of the many...
Assassin Bugs: The “Kiss” of Death.
It's getting close to Halloween and it's time to think about scary, creepy and ghoulish things . The "Assassin Bug" fits the bill . It's name stirs up scary thoughts and its persona is ghoulish. Here's why it's the perfect Halloween bad bug: This insect stabs its...
Ants, Nature’s Engineers: Creativity by Necessity.
Ants are one of the few groups of animals that change their environment to meet their needs. In their case, necessity is truly the mother of invention. A single ant is capable of carrying up to 50 times its own weight, so working together as a colony means they’re...
Beach Bugs, They’re a Real Summer Bummer!
It's Summer and the California beaches are the vacation destinations of millions of people. It's where we have fun in the sun, cool off in the water, and relax on the sand under colorful umbrellas with cool drinks and our favorite books. Reality check: what we often...
Asian Needle Ants vs Argentine Ants: GAME ON!
As an invasive species, Argentine ants have been extremely successful invaders. These aggressive, territorial ants, which can live in super-colonies comprised of thousands of queens and millions of workers, easily displaced native species as they spread across the...
Brown Recluse or Not Brown Recluse! Busting the Bite Myth.
Here in California, the brown recluse spider has been elevated to a major urban legend alongside UFOs, Bigfoot, the Jackalope, and Elvis. There is a great "fear" of brown recluse spiders in California, mostly because of misguided and sensationalized media hype. So say...
South American Palm Weevil, The Darth Vader of Weevils Annihilating Palms As It Travels North
The South American palm weevil has ignored the border wall and is headed straight into California on its never-ending quest for plentiful food and abundant breeding grounds. Here in San Diego County, with our iconic landscape palm trees, like the Canary Island date...
No-See-Ums: A Plague of Invisible Blood Suckers
Producing extreme wet weather conditions, Mother Nature is gearing up for another bloodthirsty assault on mankind and this time we won’t see them coming. The same conditions that encourage mosquitoes, give rise to the infamous “No-See-Ums”, also called, Sand flies...