Study Reveals Staggering Number Of Animals We Share Our Homes With
- 8 years ago
Humans in the U.S. share their homes with over 500 different types of arthropods such as insects, spiders, mites and centipedes.
Humans in the U.S. share their homes with over 500 different types of arthropods such as insects, spiders, mites and centipedes, according to a study by researchers at North Carolina State University, the California Academy of Sciences, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
The data was gathered by visiting 50 homes in Raleigh, North Carolina. In each household, the researchers collected as many arthropods as they could find, whether the creatures were dead or alive.
According to the report issued in January of this year, "Across all 50 homes, the researchers ident
Humans in the U.S. share their homes with over 500 different types of arthropods such as insects, spiders, mites and centipedes, according to a study by researchers at North Carolina State University, the California Academy of Sciences, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
The data was gathered by visiting 50 homes in Raleigh, North Carolina. In each household, the researchers collected as many arthropods as they could find, whether the creatures were dead or alive.
According to the report issued in January of this year, "Across all 50 homes, the researchers ident