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How to get rid of pesky midges and flies from your house and back garden
An Australian cleaning guru has shared her secret weapon against these insects: a combination of ... It's completely harmless ...
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How Antarctica’s Only Native Insect Survives the Extreme Cold
Across the South Pole’s frozen expanse, there lives only one purely terrestrial animal: a tiny insect called the Antarctic midge. This flightless creature, just 0.2 inches long, has eked out an ...
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8 Bugs You Should Never Kill In Your Garden
If you find this bug in your garden, do not kill it. If you find one somewhere ... The tiniest of flies, the Aphid Midge stands tall on its slender legs with its antennae positioned backward ...
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Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism
The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to Antarctica. (photo credit: Yuta Shimizu / Osaka Metropolitan University.) An international team of scientists led by Osaka Metropolitan ...
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Antarctic midge survives extreme cold with unique dormancy strategies
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica, survives extreme cold through unique dormancy strategies. During its two-year life cycle, it undergoes quiescence in the ...