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CARLSBAD, CA, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - EcoBlu Products, Inc., (OTCBB: ECOB) announced today that EcoBlu Products protected with BLUWOOD(TM) technology were used in the construction of a home on the hit ABC television show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. The episode featured BLUWOOD(TM) coated lumber that was used to frame the entire home. EcoBlu wood components protected by BLUWOOD(TM) technology resist mold, rot and termites. The episode featuring EcoBlu's BLUWOOD(TM) treated lumber...
Residents of northwestern Arkansas say they are being plagued by ants looking for somewhere to get out of the rain. I'm getting disgusted with them, Vi McCullen of Rogers told KHBS/KHOG-TV, Fayetteville, Ft. Smith. Spray them and everything but they always come back. Cory Ward of West Termite and Pest Management said that ants come into houses looking for food. But he told the television station that the problem is far worse this year because of recent heavy rain. The ground is so saturated,...
87 Percent of Adults Polled About Pests and the Economy Agree "There Is Still No Room for Bugs in My Home" ATLANTA, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- While many Americans have slashed home maintenance budgets in this economy, a recent independent survey by Atlanta-based pest control leader Orkin, Inc. reports nearly nine in ten adults (87 percent) still refuse to tolerate pests in their homes. More than half of respondents (57 percent) also agreed that, unlike services like house cleaning, pest...
Asexual reproduction results in more babies, less inbreedingScientists at North Carolina State University and three universities in Japan have shown for the first time that it is possible for certain female termite "primary queens" to reproduce both sexually and asexually during their lifetimes.The asexually produced babies mostly grow to be queen successors "“ so-called "secondary queens" "“ that remain in the termite colony and mate with the king. This produces large...
U.S. scientists have discovered a fumigant pumped into tented houses to kill pests remains in the atmosphere six to 10 times longer than previously thought. Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers at the University of California-San Diego said the greenhouse gas most often used to rid buildings of termites, rodents and other pests -- sulfuryl fluoride -- remains in the atmosphere about 36 years. A Scripps team led by Jens Muhle found the concentration of the gas rose at a rate of 4...
GRIFFIN, Ga., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 3, Osmose, Inc. filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, to stop Charlotte-based Viance, LLP from continuing its negative public relations campaign intended to scare users of treated wood. According to Osmose, the Viance media campaign falsely attacks the effectiveness and safety of wood treated with micronized copper wood preservatives. Osmose is the leading worldwide supplier of wood...
Scientists working in the Republic of Congo may have discovered why some chimpanzees are so good at catching termites, BBC News reported.A team discovered that the chimps are crafting brush-tipped "fishing rods" to scoop the insects out of their nests and they've even filmed the wild primates using their teeth to fashion the tools.The frayed ends helped the chimpanzees collect more termites, researchers wrote in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters."They have invented a way to...
A bop on the head by a Panamanian termite using its mandible is enough to kill a would-be invader, said U.S. researchers studying the insect's brain evolution. Moving faster than the human eye can see, the termite soldier's jaws can strike so fast that it takes a high-speed camera filming at 40,000 frames per second to capture the blow, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and the University of Florida said in a news release. Ultimately, we're interested in...
A single hit on the head by the termite Termes panamensis (Snyder), which possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded, is sufficient to kill a would-be nest invader, report Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven, post-doctoral fellows at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Rudolf Scheffrahn from the University of Florida.Niven and Seid conducted the study at the Smithsonian's new neurobiology laboratory in Panama, established by a donation from the Frank Levinson Family Foundation....
Even in the dinosaur world, the small and dainty existed, in the form of a mini-dino that likely didn't terrorize any creatures other than termites. The newly described dinosaur, called Albertonykus borealis, was about the size of a chicken and is now considered the smallest dinosaur to have existed in North America. "These are bizarre animals. They have long and slender legs, stumpy arms with huge claws and tweezer-like jaws," said researcher Nick Longrich, a...
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The Aardvark, Orycteropus afer, sometimes called the "˜antbear', is a medium-sized mammal native to Africa. It lives south of the Sahara desert where there is suitable habitat for them to live. It prefers savannas, grasslands, woodlands and bush. They are not found in deserts but are found in areas where there is a good supply of ants and termites. The most distinctive characteristic of the Aardvark is their teeth. Instead of having a pulp cavity, they have a number of thin tubes of...
The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is a small insectivorous hyena, native to Eastern and Southern Africa. The name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans. Unlike other hyenas, the aardwolf is a defenseless animal whose diet almost completely consists of termites. The natural enemies are deterred by the superficial resemblance to the more aggressive hyena species. The aardwolf is the only surviving species of the subfamily Protelinae. Physical characteristics The aardwolf looks most like the...
Southern Tamandua or Lesser Anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, is a species of anteater from South America. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats from mature to highly disturbed secondary forests and arid savannas. It feeds on ants, termites and bees. It has very strong fore claws that can be used to break insect nests or to defend. Geographic Range Tamandua tetradactyla is found in South America from Venezuela and Trinidad to northern Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay...
The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is a small marsupial endemic to western and central Australia. The Numbat is the sole member of the genus Myrmecobius and the family Myrmecobiidae. It is one of the three families that make up the order Dasyuromorphia, the generalized marsupial carnivores. Taxonomy and distribution The old common name for the Numbat, "Banded Anteater", has fallen into disuse. The Numbat does have a series of 5 to 11 white bands crossing its lower back and rump. It...
