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 Frogs to make frogs as fascinating to the casual reader as they are to the scientists who study them." Ilse Heidmann of the Library Journal has a slightly negative review "While Souder's reporting is exhaustive, it is also repetitious and tiresome at times. Moreover, his frequent suggestions of a looming global catastrophe sound ominously alarmist. But who knows--maybe human extinction is not far behind." A Plague of Frogs A Plague of Frogs is a non-fiction environmental book written by William Souder and published in 2000 by Hyperion Press. The book elaborates on the issue of mutated frogs and the implications for