Our Personal Zoo! Hundreds Of Species Co-Exist With Us In Homes
- 8 years ago
A cross-sample of homes in North Carolina found that over 500 different kinds of arthropods live in U.S. homes. They're mostly harmless.
Arthropods live among us. In fact, hundreds of distinct kinds were discovered in a cross-sample of U.S homes conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University, the California Academy of Sciences, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
The data was gathered by visiting 50 homes within a 30 mile radius of Raleigh, North Carolina. In each home, the researchers collected all the arthropods they came across, dead or alive.
According to a summary of the findings, "Across all 50 homes, the researchers identified no fewer than 579 different morphospecies of
Arthropods live among us. In fact, hundreds of distinct kinds were discovered in a cross-sample of U.S homes conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University, the California Academy of Sciences, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
The data was gathered by visiting 50 homes within a 30 mile radius of Raleigh, North Carolina. In each home, the researchers collected all the arthropods they came across, dead or alive.
According to a summary of the findings, "Across all 50 homes, the researchers identified no fewer than 579 different morphospecies of