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Land planarian or shovel-headed worm CAES News
14 Land planarian
From time to time, someone somewhere in Georgia turns over a rock or log and finds a grayish brown, flat worm with a head shaped like a half-moon. It's one of those things that, when you find it, you just have to find out what it is.
One pair of house flies can result in over a thousand maggots. CAES News
15 Houseflies
There are more than 120,000 species of flies in the world. But when most people hear "fly," they think of the housefly. Wherever people are found, houseflies are there, too.
Saddleback caterpillar CAES News
Caterpillars and hives
Urticating caterpillars give you hives. No, really. The technical term for hives is urticaria. And one of the things that can cause it is a caterpillar.
Lady beetles CAES News
Indoor beetles
Lady beetles have long been viewed as good bugs. Most people aren't scared of them, and very few want to kill them with insect spray. But that's quickly changing.
Ticks by size CAES News
Avoid Lyme disease
Treat yourself and your clothes before heading out on a hike, and you won't come home with ticks and Lyme disease.