The Zika virus is causing many travelers to cancel or postpone trips to countries with active Zika transmission, particularly countries in Latin America. But there are still thousands of travelers coming through U.S. borders who have traveled to or live in Zika hot-spots every day. This is concerning, as it has recently been confirmed that this mosquito-borne illness can be transmitted from person to person. So, what is Homeland Security doing to stop these travelers from coming in? Well, the short answer is they aren't. The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection have announced that they will not screen travelers for the virus as they enter the U.S., according to reports

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Spider Super Hunters Most people are familiar with spiders catching prey in a web or a scorpion stabbing another insect with its tail, but there are some insects out there with hunting techniques out of the norm. I've found a few of those today, and thought I might share them with you. One spider uses a web to catch its prey, but not in the usual sense. Net-casting spiders do build a net to catch their prey, but its only the size of a stamp. Rather than building a giant net and then waiting for their prey to stumble into it, these hunters first place white faeces on the ground to serve as a target point. They then wait poised above the trap with the stamp-sized web held between its front legs for a poor unsuspecting insect to cross into its trap. The spider then rushes down and catches the creature in its net with incredible speed, bites the victim, and then wraps it up nice and snug to bring back to its lair. Another spider that uses its web in a unique way is the bolas spider. This guy takes a page from the old west cowboys, constructing a "bolas" or type of lasso out of the thread with a sticky glob of silk at the end to use in the capture of prey. During their nighttime hunting sessions the spiders hide and wait for prey to cross their path, holding their weapon in one of their legs. When an insect crosses their path they whip out their bolas and lasso themselves up some grub. All this spider needs is a pair of chaps and some spurs. What do you think of these clever hunters? Are you impressed with their ingenious use of their silken webs?

Early Risers Spring is approaching and some areas are already seeing the first signs of the season. A number of insects emerge from their winter slumber in early spring

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Your Insect-Filled Home You probably think unless you see an insect or insects in your home that there aren't that many inhabiting it, but you'd be dead wrong. What you don't know is that you actually have dozens of hidden roommates living under almost every surface of every room in your house. A recent study conducted in North Carolina inspected 554 rooms in 50 houses and found that all but five of those rooms contained arthropods, a fancy term for most insects. They devised that according to these findings, you can be sure that your home probably houses at least 100 different species of arthropod. And researchers say that it a conservative guess. But, officials assure this is nothing for you to get too upset about. For the most part these insects are drawn to your home because of the light and warmth, but they can't actually survive there. So, most of them die pretty soon after they try to settle in. Isn't that great news? This means that most the insects inside your house are dead. I don't know about you, but this makes me very nervous about doing a thorough cleaning of my home. Who knows what you'll find� What insect have you found in your home?

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