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How High Can A Spider Climb?

The orb-weaver spider can reach high altitudes because of the ability of ballooning. They can climb the tallest building, climb mountains, climb tall trees. If there is food, they can keep on climbing and reach even higher altitudes.  The chances of climbing a high rising building are the lowest because the spider will not find any food over there.  If there …

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Ant Spider (All You Need To Know)

Ant spider is a spider that mimics ants to protect themselves against predators and also to eat ants. 300 different species of ant spider are found worldwide. The mimicking behavior serves a very important purpose. Ant Spider is excellent in mimicking. They take this form to protect themselves against predators. Many predators avoid ants as they stay in a group, …

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Zebra Cockroach (All You Need To Know)

Zebra cockroach is a gorgeous species of cockroach. They have a black line at the base of each abdominal segment, which resemblance the patterns of a zebra. Thus the name zebra cockroach. Cockroaches are insects, and there are 4600 species of them. Only a tiny amount of them, i.e., 30 lives with us and others, can be found in the …

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Are Shrimp Related To Cockroaches?

Shrimp are decapod found in oceans and seas, and cockroaches are insects found on land, usually inside our house or in the wild. They have many things in common. But are shrimp related to cockroaches? Shrimp and Cockroach belong to the same phylum Arthropoda or arthropod. They had a common ancestor million of years ago so that’s why they are …

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Why Do Cockroach Chase You?

Cockroach lives with us for millions of years. They have developed some strategies that help them to survive. Many people are scared of cockroaches. People jump off from their seats when they see a cockroach. Also, when you see a cockroach, you probably saw this peculiar situation that instead of running away, a cockroach chases you. But why do cockroach …

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How Spiders Make Web?

Spider web is a liquid converted to strands, which helps them to do various tasks. This liquid is mainly made of protein. These strands are strong and flexible. They eject it from their abdomen and construct a spider web, which they use for catching prey. So, how spiders make web? Spider has a liquid that they store inside a special gland. …

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Are Spiders More Active At Night?

There are more than 48,000 spider species and 120 families, found across the globe. Spiders are air-breathing arthropods, have eight legs, and chelicera with fangs in front, which can inject venom. Spiders are both diurnal and nocturnal, depending upon the species. Let’s discuss the nocturnal spiders. Orb-weaver spider is one species that is very active at night. We shall understand …

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Can Spiders Fly?

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that get found across all continents except Antarctica. They are the most significant order of arachnids, having eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that can inject venom. Scientists have seen them flying, and that’s where it all began, i.e., the concept of flying spider. But can spiders fly? The answer is yes spiders can fly, but …

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Flies In Skylight What To Do?

There are innumerable fly species in the world today. The ones which come through your skylight and attic are the cluster flies or the attic flies. They are known as Pollenia Rudis. They belong to the Calliphoridae family, of which blow and bottle fly also belongs. These cluster flies are similar to the common flies but are larger and darker. …

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What Is The Quickest Way Of Getting Rid Of Fruit Flies?

There are 3,000 species of fruit-flies in the world today. They are small, yellowish, red-eyed flies, which we find buzzing around fruits and rotting vegetables. Drosophila Melanogaster species are the common fruit-flies or Vinegar flies. Fruit flies can be very destructive and can cause serious harm to fruits and vegetables. They attack in high numbers and are difficult to remove. …