Bugs

... of these are in the Family Reduviidae, and in the Order Hemiptera. Another hemipteran to consider is someone in the Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed bugs). Use caution - these things have mouthparts that stab and suck. Some will deliver vicious, painful bites, others have a bite that is painless, ...

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Okay, so I don't know much about bugs, but first I will describe this one and then post some (slightly blurry) pics. I found this bug in central Ohio by my house near about 50 yards away from a wooded area (we also live by a lot of corn fields). ...

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I'm considering a species of highly-evolved arthropods for my story. Something similar to the bugs in Heinlein's Starship Troopers , except maybe with the ability to read and write so they're able to communicate with humans. I'm mostly fascinated by the concept of an entire ...

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... or the operation room, or in the food industry away from the food and moved to an administrative duty) until they are tested negative for the bugs. But ther are no treatments involved.

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... and no yeasts as far as I know. Malt agar will probably be ok to grow both bacteria and yeast as long as they are wild-types. That means that your bugs need to synthesize everything they need (amino acids, nucleotides etc) by themselves. It also very prone to contamination, as it has no antibiotic ...

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