Forensic entomology When conditions are dry, the deprivation of moisture outside drives many pests inside searching for water. While the rainy weather increases the numbers of insects, this dry weather causes pest invasions to increase. The pests most commonly known during dry conditions are scorpions, ants, pillbugs, millipedes, crickets, and spiders. Extreme drought does kill many populations of insects, but also drives surviving insects to invade more often. Cold temperatures outside will cause invasions beginning in the late summer months and early fall. Box elder bugs, cluster flies, ladybugs, and silverfish are noticed some of the most common insects to seek the
A Plague of Butterflies A Plague of Butterflies "A Plague of Butterflies" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It was originally published in an anthology, edited by Card, entitled "Dragons of Darkness". His short story "Middle Woman" appeared in the same book under the pseudonym Byron Walley. "A Plague of Butterflies" was later reprinted in his short story collection "Maps in a Mirror". This is the story of a man named Amasa. One day a bunch of butterflies came to Amasa to take him on a journey to Hierusalem – the land of the dead. On the way he met