Insects

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Native Plants Belong in Native Habitats

Paige Donner | Posted April 3, 2008 | Living


Paige Donner

"Native plants don't just save water, they save species," says Lisa Novick, Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator with the Theodore Payne Foundation, an organization dedicated to encouraging the planting and cultivation of California native plant gardens. "Only 7% of insects can eat non-native plants. Without insects to convert plant material to...

Who Needs Meat When You've Got Bugs?

Kerry Trueman | Posted February 12, 2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

We Americans have a bias against eating bugs -- well, most of us do, anyway. Just try serving your family a batch of homemade granola laced with pantry moth larvae -- I did, and it totally grossed them out. Once these miniscule maggots gatecrashed my granola, I tried to make...

Bedbug Chronicles 5

Nicholas Brown | Posted November 7, 2007 | Living


Nicholas Brown

Day 27

The score so far is 0-0. The bedbugs have not forced us out, but I am pretty sure they too are still here.

I have little faith that our second spraying has gone any better than the first. The exterminator who came in seemed stunned by...


 

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