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Dr Sydney Crawley - Bugs in Your House


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Have you ever seen a bug in your house and wanted to know how it got there and how to get rid of it? Dr. Sydney Crawley, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, studies the that live in and around your house (urban insects). She focuses on studying bed bugs, cockroaches, mosquitoes, and other pests that can harm people or pets. She answers all of your questions about these bugs and gives us some useful tips to prevent the bugs from coming into your house and how to get rid of them when you find them! She'll even teach you how to make your own fruit fly trap! 

Dr. Crawley’s Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydney-crawley-62916b7b/ 

Catepillar poop https://youtu.be/bxYuLjyf1Qw 

Peackcok spider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3HlwwJG85cn

Camel cricket https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/occasional-invaders/camel-crickets/

Velvet ant https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/stinging-insects/velvet-ants-cow-killers/

Giant prickly stick insect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extatosoma_tiaratum

Giant water bug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belostomatidae

Cacropia moth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia

Orchid mantis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenopus_coronatus

Madagascar hissing roach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach

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