Which scents keep mosquitoes away from your home — Luis’s student essay

Which Scents Keep Mosquitoes Away From Your Home? Eucalyptus: The Mosquito’s Pest My name is Luis Lopez. I am a Marine Corps veteran of 12 years, and have worked as a firefighter/paramedic in the State of Texas. In 2003, I joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17. And in 2006, my first overseas […]

Why bees are important for the ecosystem — Rebecca’s student essay

Bee close up. Bees at the bee hive. Swarm of bees

Why Bees Are Important For The Ecosystem? What do you think when you hear the word superhero? Do you automatically have a vision of a stellar guy with a sweet haircut and a red cape flowing as he soars through the sky? Do you think of the nurses, doctors, and teachers that live in your […]

Which insects eat clothes? — Joanne’s student essay

Which Insects Eat Clothes? Talking about which insects eat clothes actually help me a lot in learning the wholes gets in my shirts, i was thinking may be it’s because i applied too much detergent when doing my laundry. Clothes moths are small (about 1/2-inch), buff-colored moths. The webbing clothes moth and the casemaking clothes […]

Why ticks are so dangerous to humans and pets — Catherine’s student essay

Tick - parasitic arachnid blood-sucking carrier of various disea

Why Ticks Are So Dangerous To Humans And Pets? Ticks have six to eight legs and are classified as arachnids which is related to the spider family. Ticks can attach on humans and pets and cause the infected site to become red, inflamed, transmit diseases, and cause allergic reaction. The most common encountered tick is […]

Are Garter Snakes dangerous? — Andrew’s student essay

A garter snake slithering and peeking up through a lush lawn of bright green grass in the summer.

Are Garter Snakes Dangerous? Ophidiophobia, derived from the Greek root “-ophidia,” is the fear of snakes (“Ophio-, …”, n.d). According to Maps101, around fifty percent of people are anxious around snakes, while only about two to three percent of people have an extremely adverse fear of them (“People and Snakes”, 2018). The fear of snakes […]

Why bees are important for the ecosystem — Olivia’s student essay

Bee close up. Bees at the bee hive. Swarm of bees

Why Bees Are Important For The Ecosystem? The bee population is declining at an increasingly alarming rate in recent years proving detrimental to the environment. Numerous ecosystems are critically dependent on the honeybee for sustenance all the way up through the food chain impacting human beings. Even crops that are not pollinated by bees themselves […]

Why ticks are so dangerous to humans and pets — Kaitlin’s student essay

Tick - parasitic arachnid blood-sucking carrier of various disea

Why Ticks Are So Dangerous To Humans And Pets? Lyme Disease, one of the most well-known tick-borne diseases, is typically transmitted by the bite of an infected deer tick. Lyme disease is found in the Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, and North-Central United States. The western blacklegged tick spreads the disease one the Pacific coast. Ticks cannot fly […]

Why ticks are so dangerous to humans and pets — Chelsea’s student essay

Tick - parasitic arachnid blood-sucking carrier of various disea

Why Ticks Are So Dangerous To Humans And Pets? Ticks are parasitic arthropods that feed on warm-blooded hosts like pets and humans. Ticks are so dangerous to humans and pets because they pass on infectious diseases that can be permanently debilitating for their victims. Widely distributed throughout the world, ticks can be found on any […]

How to remove fruit flies from your kitchen — Mary’s student essay

How To Remove Fruit Flies From Your Kitchen? Are there fruit flies in your kitchen? If so, there are many do it yourself hacks to get rid of them. First off, its important to understand how and why fruit flies show up and why it seems like they come out of nowhere in huge swarms. […]