Have you ever been afraid of something while sleeping in your bed at night? Maybe ghosts, or burglars or that scary movie you knew you should not have watched? Typically our sometimes scary nighttime imaginings can get the best of us, for Matt Kallmeyer his nighttime fears happen to be real, and if he is not careful about where he sleeps, he could wind up dead. Of course the menace that has been badgering Matt is the brown recluse spider, or several of them. In response to Matt repeatedly encountering brown recluse spiders in his home, he has become become resourceful. Matt has been, and still is, living in a tent inside of his home. Matt believes that by keeping the tents entrance zipped up nearly all of the time he can avoid seeing the brown recluse inside of his safe zone, or his tent to be more precise. However, according to one expert, Matt's insect control method will prove unsuccessful.

There are plenty of strange and exotic looking bugs in the world, and the orchid mantis is no exception. This bug has evolved to look exactly like a flower, which is a great for hiding from predators, or for ambushing prey. After decades of unsatisfied curiosity, scientists now seem to know why the orchid mantis in particular evolved to look like a flower. Researchers believe that the orchid mantis evolved to resemble a flower

If you have a fear of Scorpions then you should be grateful that giant scorpions are now extinct. Scorpions that reach lengths of five feet used to roam the riverbanks

Two undergraduate researchers have recently discovered the New Zealand mud snail in the state of Michigan. Initially, state experts believed that the snail population was small, and located in only one region in the state of Michigan. However, the snail has been found in multiple rivers, so the snails are more prevalent than the officials had initially thought. But what is so bad about these snails? The mud snail is a tiny snail that is often mistaken for a spot of mud. The snail often hooks itself onto fishing gear or other sorts of outdoor equipment and then proceeds to hitch a ride to new environments. Since mud snails hitchhike on people's outdoor objects, you can understand how quickly and easily these snails can take over large areas of land. Residents of Michigan, and surrounding territories, are worried that the invasive mud snail will repeat the horrors

Some people like to downplay the dangers that spiders pose to humans. However, some people have come close to death from spider bites in the past. Recently a little girl came close to death after a spider fell from her ceiling and bit her hand. The mother of an eight year old girl found herself in a panic after discovering an infected spider bite

Most people know that they can catch the Zika virus through the bite of a mosquito. It is also pretty well known now that you can catch the disease through sexual intercourse. But, it turns out that there is yet another way you can catch this virus that involves neither of these scenarios. A recent study revealed that the Zika virus can survive for up to eight hours on hard, non-porous surfaces

Well, I don't know about you, but when it comes to this whole Zika mess, I am just "tired". And that is a good thing. And no! I have no desire to sleep. Instead I am saying that "tires" can be used to create, an admittedly strange, but reputably effective, method of Zika control. The idea is to collect mosquito eggs along the lining of vehicle tires in order to eventually discard and destroy the eggs.

The power of faith can have quite amazing healing abilities, and has been reported to once in a while bring about miracles. I generally thought that it was holy water that was supposed to be used to anoint followers of the Christian faith. Pastor Lethebo Rabalago, of the Mount Zion General Assembly (MZGA), in Limpopo South Africa has started using insecticide, which he sprays on his congregants in large doses, as his miracle water. And he claims to have healed many of his congregants with this new practice. So, what insecticide can cure the sick and does Pastor Rabalago buy in bulk? He sprays generous amounts of Doom Super Multi Insect Killer in his congregants' faces

In Latin the word millipede" means "one thousand feet", but the vast majority of millipedes have less than one hundred feet. However, a rare millipede that sports an impressive four hundred and fourteen legs has been found in a California cave. This makes this millipede the animal with the second highest number of feet.