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 Feast in Time of Plague A Feast in Time of Plague A Feast in Time of Plague () is an 1830 play by Aleksandr Pushkin. The plot concerns a banquet in which the central figure taunts death with a toast "And so, O Plague, we hail thy reign!". The story is based on Act 1 of John Wilson's play "The City of Plague". The play was published in 1830 as one of four "Little Tragedies" (Malenkie tragedii ) together with "The Stone Guest" (Kamenny gost ); "Mozart and Salieri" (Motsart i Salyeri ) and "The Miserly Knight" (Skupoy rytsar ). All four of these plays