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By Kim Strader Lightning bugs, fireflies, or glow bugs – regardless of what you called them, many of us have...

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Vol. 21 Issue 4, Winter 2016 by Tami Carlow, Entomologist I am sure you have wondered every winter: Where do...

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House Centipede

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