Yucky Animals in the Yard

Yucky Animals in the Yard — page 1 — Yuck in Your Yard What horrors lurk in your yard That kind of depends on where you live Wherever that is though you're sure to find some pretty nasty creatures Go outside and take a good look Lots of creatures have set up home in your backyard You know your family dog is in your yard but do you know how gross a dog can be Some creatures are pretty small You'll need to look a little harder to find them But maybe you won't want to once you've found out a little more about their revolting habits What's worse than biting into a pear and finding a larvae Biting into a pear and finding half a larvae gross That's

Yucky Animals in the Yard — page 2 — Your pet rabbit seems cute until it starts eating its own waste Male rabbits often spray their urine over the female and young to mark them as belonging to his social group Fossils of cockroaches have been found that are 300 million years old Cockroaches live in the yard in warm weather but can survive freezing temperatures In cold weather they like to come inside They can live for a long time without food or water making them very hard to destroy They carry disease and can cause allergies humans in

Yucky Animals in the Yard — page 3 — Gross Bugs and Beetles There are plenty of revolting bugs and beetles in your yard The stinky shield bug will give off a vile smell when attacked Then again the bug that kills the shield bug is even worse Shield bugs often called stink bugs have glands between their first and second pair of legs that produce a foul smelling liquid smelling something like ten day old socks This smell stops predators from wanting to eat them Stink bugs release their odor when chased picked up or stepped on so they are kind of hard to get rid of Stink bugs live in countries such as the United States Japan Taiwan and China In cold weather they like to come buildings inside

Yucky Animals in the Yard — page 4 — an assassin beetle killing a shield bug The assassin bug stalks other insects It uses its needlelike beak to stab its prey and inject poisons that can paralyze prey and turns its body to mush This liquid like mush is then sucked out with the assassin bug's straw like mouthparts One species bites people They are called kissing bugs because they like tender flesh such as the lips of sleeping humans A burying beetle right buries dead birds and rodents as food for its larvae It covers the carcass with fluid from its body to slow down the decay Then it lines the hole with fur or feathers and lays its eggs The beetle helps feed the larvae by eating and vomiting back up the rotting flesh Club like antennae can sniff out dead animals away far

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