@jack_grass1 @americanbeetles @Entemnein @QEDadam Not out of place! Dermestids, esp. carpet beetles in the genus Anthrenus, are very common in homes. We found them in 100% of homes sampled several years ago (https://t.co/CubobuXxNw). Typically not a problem but can harm some items. Here's info on them: https://t.co/swF8oTYMvQ
@n_a_gilbert We're always surrounded by arthropods! Here are just a few studies, definitely more out there in the urban entomology/ecology literature.
https://t.co/9dashb0Aoh
https://t.co/swYkZ06nKu
https://t.co/KL6YrmtXhv
https://t.co/rwYsFk8Ev2
I’m uploading “Spineless Stories” to augment my usual invertebrate zoology course lectures for my students.
Today I did a short lecture on “lockdown biodiversity research” featuring this fun @thePeerJ paper.
Biodiversity in your carpet!
https://t.co/p9JDUYcCQ6
A digression from my exam reading... Last night I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep early when a spider crawled across my arm. It got me wondering, how many bugs live in my house anyway? Which led me to a Google search that turned up this neat paper: https://t.co/BmuDreSdzM https://t.co/bGMW2BTbzQ
@Blendstufe War doch nicht von der Uni in Bremen... Ich habe den Artikel aber gefunden. https://t.co/MCd3N0Corh Ist zwar ein wissenschaftlicher Artikel, aber vielleicht kannst du da ein paar Zahlen gebrauchen.
Indeed, in their study of "arthropods of the great indoors" in North America, @Bertonemyia & colleagues found that 84% of houses (and 38% of all rooms surveyed) had at least one cellar spider inside them! (see: https://t.co/rzg6qHGIVp) https://t.co/F5aNBQDPue
@neville_park You know this study, yes? I like to use it as a reference for the fact that every house has bugs in it. No exceptions. 100%. Here's the data. It's their home too!
https://t.co/rzg6qHGIVp
@The4thNeutrino You might also enjoy the fact that (at least judging based on a sample from North Carolina) 100% of houses have spiders and there are an average of 62 different kinds of spiders per house https://t.co/fHnAbkCO53