Do moths eat wool?
The larvae of some species of moths eat wool but not very many. Do bugs ever carry diseases? The most important disease carrying bug is the Kissing Bug. They’re blood-feeding bugs that transmit Chagas disease to humans. They’re in the New World Tropics like Brazil and Argentina. Other insects such as mosquitoes transmit diseases like Malaria and Yellow Fever. Do you plan to study bugs your whole life? What else would you like to study if not bugs? During the past 30 years I’ve worked at the American Museum and my research has been on the study of true bugs. So I think I will continue in this path. If I had the time, I would like to study beetles. Why are insects good and bad? Insects are good because they help us maintain balance in many ecosystems particularly in areas like decomposition and pollination. And they’re bad in a human sense because they transmit disease, they eat our crops, and they can bite. What bug eats the most? I’ll give you an example: a hungry bed bug’s abdomen wil