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Many homeowners and farmers have come up with their creative and natural ways to get rid of mice and rats using home remedies instead of rat poison and mousetrap.  Let’s hear them out below. (i) Cat litter Mice and rats loathe … Continue reading →

(iv) Whip Scorpion This stingless scorpion is “equipped” with a whiplike tail that can whip its prey to death.  Nah!  The actuality is that, if you are too close to this bug, it will emit acidic and unbelievably stinky chemical at you!  … Continue reading →

Bat – One of the dreadful night fliers that is bigger and more terrifying than a rat.  Bats are generally not as contagious as rats but their feces can cause histoplasmosis (an influenza-like disease) if you inhale them.  Moreover, a few of them … Continue reading →

Zika is a virus transmitted by an aedes mosquito which in turn spreads diseases such as breakbone fever and chikungunya through bite in the human flesh.  Symptoms of Zika virus include fever, joint pain, vomit, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, rash, and headache; worst of … Continue reading →

Termite is one of the most calamitous pests ever compared with other types of common pest.  The damages caused by termites are so disastrous that they can affect us and our property financially, structurally as well as emotionally.  They masticate through wood and things … Continue reading →

Insects are usually known to have caused more harm than good to human beings and plants.  But, a medical study done by the American researchers has discovered that one type of insect known as the blister beetle from the family … Continue reading →

Centipede is one of the grossest insects to many people.  Their sole appearance is visually disturbing enough, not to mention having them crawl on your skin and evoke your hair-raising feeling and spine-tingling terror. Centipedes are easily spotted in gloomy, … Continue reading →

Following weeks of dry and almost no-rain weather, the fear of the inevitable has struck again right into the hearts of us fellow Malaysians – the outbreak of dengue!  Such fatal widespread disease cases have increased at a horrifying rate … Continue reading →

Dust mites are one of the most common bugs that invade our everyday lives.  You may not be visually aware of their existence but they are almost everywhere on your bed and sofas in your house; this is because they … Continue reading →

Following the overpopulation of earthlings from year to year, it is predicted in the 2013 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization that, by 2050, food production will have to be increased by 70% to meet the demands of 2.3 billion growing populace!  … Continue reading →