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The Creative Bug
Mike Libby is the founder of Insect Lab, collaboration between bugs, arachnids, antique watch parts and electronic devices. His inspiration came over a decade ago when a colourful dead beetle by a vending machine caught his eye (we hope we weren’t guilty). The coils in his Rhode Island School of Design brain whirled and the [...]
Bugs Are The Ultimate Sustainable Food Source
Bugs are a great source of protein, are low in fat and chemical free. It’s kinder on our planet too – farming a pound of caterpillar uses a tenth of the resource than a pound of beef. Sometimes prawns are referred to as sea fleas and crabs look a bit like spiders. Cockroaches and shrimp are distant relatives, [...]
Extraterrestrial Pest Control
Today my mind was pondering, as it does, constantly, regarding technology evolving to the point where humans start urbanizing other PLANETS. It would be almost selfish to assume that we are the only life form in the universe that is supposedly infinite. So my mind wandered to the thought of how Rentokil would adapt to [...]
Spring Clean to Banish Pests
After months of gloomy skies the glorious weather this weekend served to remind that it was high time for a thorough spring clean. Bright sunshine shone through the windows to highlight tiny fingerprints and giant smears. It crept into dark corners illuminating unseen cobwebs and spotlit sunny shafts of particles, dancing and glittering like fairy [...]
How To Get Rid Of Cockroaches