PDF-How to Keep Your Home Safe from Mosquitoes and Spiders

Mosquitoes and spiders like to live in areas with a lot of moisture So by insectifying your home you can help prevent them from coming in and damaging your property You can buy an insecticide specifically for mosquitoes or spiders or you can use an insect repellent. Spiders around the home and TABLE OF CONTENTSQUICK GUIDE TO COMMON SPIDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4PART 1SPIDER PRIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Almost all of us will have seen spiders in our homes – perhaps walking across the lounge �oor, stuck in the bath, or quietly sitting in a ceiling corner. Several species share our livi by . Arjun. Table of Contents. Home sweet home. The creepy bites. The creepy creatures. The new born creatures. Creepy family. Did you know. Chapter 1. home . D. id you know that spiders live in a warm regions like deserts and wood piles black windows live out doors they live for a long time without any food or water a lot of spiders live in Arizona and New Mexico black windows webs tend to lack shape or form Hobo spiders live near wood piles sheds and hallow logs. . Arachnids and insects are very similar but there are some differences. . Insects have . 6. legs but arachnids have . 8. legs.. They are both invertebrates. Do you remember what ‘invertebrate’ means?. What is a Spider?. A spider is not an insect. . . Spiders are arachnids. Arachnids are a class of animals that have eight legs. Insects only have six legs.. Spiders are also different from insects because they do not have antennae or wings.. By Bryan . Atariguana. & Mia . Fonzo. FUN FACTS ABOUT SPIDERS. Spiders are not insects, they’re arachnids.. They have 8 legs and 2 body parts: the abdomen and the thorax.. They have silk spinning glands called spinnerets, at the tip of their abdomen.. Almost all of us will have seen spiders in our homes – perhaps walking across the lounge �oor, stuck in the bath, or quietly sitting in a ceiling corner. Several species share our livi By Rebecca K. Fraker. Teacher Bulletin, 2010. Are daddy long legs the deadliest spider?. No, . that is a myth!. This myth may have been started because daddy long legs actually . prey on . one of the more dangerous spiders, the Australian . By Rebecca K. Fraker, 2010. Tarantulas. Very big, hairy spiders. Can be up to 12 inches across. World’s largest spider is the Goliath Bird-Eating Spider, which eats birds, insects, mice, snakes, frogs, and lizards. !!. The life cycle of a Spider. Arachnids. Arachnids have eight legs. Their bodies are divided into two sections- the front is called the . cephalortorax. and the abdomen behind. There are over 100,000 different species of arachnids. Approach. to . Talking About Zika and Pesticides. By Richard Levine. Richard Levine. – Co-author . of . IPM for the Urban Professional: A Study Guide for . the Associate . Certified . Entomologist. Directions. Research the size of several species of spiders. . Then draw several parallel number lines 4 inches long. Mark tics at eighths . see example on next slide. Graph the length 0 to 3.5 on the first number line to represent the known length of species of spiders. . What are some things in this picture that . the. Simpson family . may be doing safely?. Protect Yourself from the Sun and Heat!. Put on your sun screen like Lisa!. Your sunscreen should protect you from both UVB and UVA rays!. VCE Agent Kirsten . Buhls. VCE Intern Jesse Muzzy. Mosquito Facts. Worldwide. : over 3,000 species . Virginia. : about 40 different species, variety of habitats.  . Mosquitoes are largely aquatic with most of their development occurring in or near stagnant water.  .