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Insect, those edible ones, are chocked full of protein, vitamins, amino acids and they are Popeye like spinach -loaded with calcium and iron. Insects such as beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and ants are a nutrient-dense food. There are over 2,000 edible insect species currently available and these insects are eaten around the world. Edible insect consumption is called entomophagy: eating insects such as eggs, larvae, pupae and adults, are harvested from forests or other suitable habitats. Edible insect farming is relatively easy compared to animal farming, as insect farming needs less soil, water, and feed. Edible insect production will continue to increase as the world’s resources are diminish, food scarcity continues and the world population continues to grow.

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Any warm-blooded mammal can carry or contract rabies, but the main carriers are raccoons, skunks and bats. While it’s often thought that raccoons and skunks are “carriers” of rabies, they can only transmit the virus to another animal when they are rabid. Because most pets are vaccinated, wildlife account for over 90 percent of all reported rabies cases. Rabies is an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system in mammals and is only transmitted through the saliva, not blood, airborne (smelly skunk spray), urine or feces of an infected animal. In the “furious” form, animals may appear to be agitated, bite or snap at imaginary and real objects, appearing drunk or excessively wobbly, circling, seeming partially paralyzed or acting disorientated and drool excessively. If a raccoon or skunk, is active during the day and exhibiting abnormal behavior then it may have rabies.  

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Raccoons are typically unsociable creatures except for breeding season which happens now and into February, as they are not true hibernators . Males will travel quite the distance in search of females in heat, mating with several females yet once the mating is done they have no part of the rearing of the offspring. The pregnant female will den up in a tree cavity, under a porch, a culvert, chimney, attics and crawlspaces. Within two weeks of being born, the cubs are furry with the bandit masked faces. By ten weeks the cubs are weaned and soon begin foraging with the mother. They normally stay together until the following breeding season. They are normally nocturnal although they will search for food during the day, depending on the need for food. Raccoons are omnivores (eat everything) with four types of teeth necessary for their diverse diet of worms, slugs, insects, frogs, snails, berries and garden vegetables.  

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Ants use several ways to find their path and recognize familiar scenery even when they’re walking behind, not necessarily seeing something from the front to know a familiar location. When walking forward, ants use a technique called trail or path integration. The ants remember the sensation of the rotations and turns they took and how many steps they’re from the nest, which they use to calculate the quickest course back home. Ants also use the angle of the sun to track their bearings and they remember the scenery and landmarks that are used on their return trip. Ants have eyes that view a full 360 degrees, whereas we only see about one-third. Sometimes the ants drop their food and turn around to determine the trail ahead, a behavior called peeking, before picking up the food and trekking along on their backward way.

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Mayflies (shadflies and lake flies) are aquatic insects that have two pair of wings, they are not related to house flies or other true flies. They are attracted to light and become a pain when they collect at night near doorways in large numbers. Make the house less attractive to mayflies by changing from white bulbs to yellow l.e.d. bulbs or moving the light away from entrance. Also. consider reducing the light that shines from windows to avoid attracting mayflies to them at night. Insect light traps that use UV light with sticky pads is useful in attracting mayflies away from the building.

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Randy Bilesky / Delta Optimist
DECEMBER 23, 2019 12:05 PM
Photograph By WALTER ANTONIO BOEGER FROM PIXABAY
Delta BC
Head lice out breaks can be rather random but often transfer between children at schools or daycare facilities and spread to others at home. Lice can cause severe itching that can lead to scratching and sores and secondary bacterial infections on the skin. The effect of these parasites on humans depends on the species as head and body parasite bites can lead to infections. These insects can cause a psychological problem, as their bites cause a tickling sensation and may result in anxiety, secondary infection and sleeplessness. Body lice can spread epidemic typhus, louse-borne relapsing fever, trench fever and Vagabond’s disease. Getting rid of head lice can be as easy as combing with a nit comb and thorough body washing. All clothing and bed linens should be washed in hot cycles.
Go Green Pest Control owner Randy Bilesky is a long-time South Delta resident. Trained and certified, Bilesky has first-hand knowledge of the pest problems that local homeowners and business owners encounter.

Rats have been found to sense danger and navigate around it by the empathy they show each other. Empathy, found in the anterior cingulate cortex of the brain, is used to read the fears of other rats in order to avoid encountering danger. If a rat looks scared, it helps as a cautionary sign to the onlooking rat and cheerfulness indications the environment is safe. An observing rat shares the emotions of others because it enables it to prepare for danger or avoiding becoming a victim themselves. With rats, the more experiences match those of the rats they observe, the more they can empathize with what they feel, hence it takes one to know one. Empathy may drive rats to help each other.

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Head lice out breaks can be rather random but often transfer between children at schools or daycare facilities and spread to others at home. Lice can cause severe itching that can lead to scratching and sores and secondary bacterial infections on the skin. The effect of these parasites on humans depends on the species as head and body parasite bites can lead to infections. These insects can cause a psychological problem, as their bites cause a tickling sensation and may result in anxiety, secondary infection and sleeplessness. Body lice can spread epidemic typhus, louse-borne relapsing fever, trench fever and Vagabond’s disease. Getting rid of head lice can be as easy as combing with a nit comb and thorough body washing. All clothing and bed linens should be washed in hot cycles.

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Blog: Feral cats have rat-killing prowess
Randy Bilesky / Delta Optimist
DECEMBER 16, 2019 03:35 PM
Photograph By DIMITRIS VETSIKAS FROM PIXABAY
Delta BC

Feral cats are the offspring of house cats, often confused with stray cats, a feral cat has never actually belonged to a person or had any socialization with people. They prefer to live in colonies, ranging from a few individuals to several dozen feral cats. Multiple generations of the same family will live together if there is a food source nearby. Feral cats then become an aggressive apex predator. They typically eat rodents, birds, fish, insects, garbage, unattended pet food, and even roadkill. Once a cat colony finds an easy source of food, the animals will keep coming back. Feral cats are just one kind of animal that have rat-killing prowess, a natural predator or exterminator.
Go Green Pest Control owner Randy Bilesky is a long-time South Delta resident. Trained and certified, Bilesky has first-hand knowledge of the pest problems that local homeowners and business owners encounter.

Okay, roaches are the out-and-out worst, they spread germs, bacteria and their filth every where they live. Four of the 4,600 species of roaches are associated with humans and are considered pests. A cockroach can survive being submerged for half an hour and run five kilometers in an hour. If by bad luck you happen to get roaches in your kitchen or pantry, here are a few solutions to get rid of these nuclear bomb resistant pests. Try adhesive-based roach bait stations, these sticky traps are both a good monitoring tool and will catch several roaches. There are no real chemical-free ways to get rid of these pests so don’t waste your time with citrus, herbs, essential oils or cucumbers (yes cucumbers). If you want to get rid of roaches, poisonous roach baits are the way to go. They comes in three forms: liquid, gel, and solid. After roaches feed on the bait, they return to their nest where they defecate and…wait for it… other hungry cockroaches in the nest consume the feces and become poisoned as well.  

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