question: Do bugs know/care if we transport them far away?
comment: Flies and ladybugs probably don’t care as long as they can get food. Ants, bees and wasps that have somewhere to go home to at night... they definitely care. Some spiders are territorial, and would care a bit, others are opportunists. Beetles and sow bugs? No idea.
passages: Radio tracking tags can be fitted to insects including dragonflies and bees.
  
  Section::::In culture.
   When assessing the likelihood and magnitude of pest spread, the pest’s ability to disperse from a point of introduction to new areas within the pest risk analysis area is assessed. The assessment should consider pest population dynamics and the natural mobility of the pest and take into account potential spread via wind, water, soil, seed and pollen, and insect, fungal or nematode vectors as well as spread via human activities such as movement of host material.
  
  BULLET::::- Step 3: Assessment of potential consequences resulting from pest entry, establishment and spread.
   All insects move to some extent. The range of movement can vary from within a few centimeters for some sucking insects and wingless aphids to thousands of kilometres in the case of other insects such as locusts, butterflies and dragonflies. The definition of migration is therefore particularly difficult in the context of insects. A behaviour oriented definition proposed is 
   The energetic cost of migration has been studied in the context of life-history strategies. It has been suggested that adaptations for migration would be more valuable for insects that live in habitats where resource availability changes seasonally. Others have suggested that species living in isolated islands of suitable habitats are more likely to evolve migratory strategies. The role of migration in gene flow has also been studied in many species. Parasite loads affect migration. Severely infected individuals are weak and have shortened lifespans. Infection creates an effect known as culling whereby migrating animals are less likely to complete the migration. This results in populations with lower parasite loads.
   Red-billed gulls have also been observed flying over farmland at Opoutere, Coromandel Peninsula from sunset, as the light is fading, and consuming small manuka beetles. This was often seen during autumn and winter, when the beetles are less likely to fly and are more vulnerable to predators as they surface from wet pastures due to an increase in rain levels.
  
  House sparrows were mapped to be eating at least three manuka beetles over a period of one to five days, when their chicks are hatching. They are also a trout food.
   During the 1990s the U.S. carried crickets, mice, rats, frogs, newts, fruit flies, snails, carp, medaka, oyster toadfish, sea urchins, swordtail fish, gypsy moth eggs, stick insect eggs, brine shrimp ("Artemia salina"), quail eggs, and jellyfish aboard Space Shuttles.
  
  Section::::2000s.
  
  The last flight of "Columbia" in 2003 carried silkworms, garden orb spiders, carpenter bees, harvester ants, and Japanese killifish (medaka). Nematodes ("C. elegans") from one experiment were found still alive in the debris after the Space Shuttle "Columbia" disaster.
  
  "C. elegans" are also part of experiments aboard the International Space Station as well as research using quail eggs.
   Clemson University's Regulatory and Public Service Program listed "diseases vectored by insects" among bioterrorism scenarios considered "most likely". Because invasive species are already a problem worldwide one University of Nebraska entomologist considered it likely that the source of any sudden appearance of a new agricultural pest would be difficult, if not impossible, to determine. Lockwood considers insects a more effective means of transmitting biological agents for acts of bioterrorism than the actual agents. Insect vectors are easily gathered and their eggs easily transportable without detection. Isolating and delivering biological agents, on the other hand, is extremely challenging and hazardous.
   Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking in 2010 warned that humans should not try to contact alien life forms. He warned that aliens might pillage Earth for resources. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans", he said. Jared Diamond had earlier expressed similar concerns.
   Travel bugs move from cache to cache by Geocachers picking up the bug and physically moving them. There is no obligation to pick up a bug from a cache as Geocachers can simply "discover" the bug on the website. This is where the cacher finds the travel bug and logs it as remaining in the cache it is already in and does not move it on. Travel bugs have been promoted for their use in education, and also in Scouting.
   BULLET::::- "Characteristics of the Nuclear Radiation Environment Produced by Several Types of Disasters, Summary Volume," published as Appendix A to the April 27–29, 1981 National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements "Symposium on the Control of Exposure of the Public to Ionizing Radiation in the Event of Accident or Attack" 
  
  BULLET::::- Jack C. Greene & Daniel J. Strom (Editors), "Would the Insects Inherit the Earth and Other Subjects of Concern to Those Who Worry About Nuclear War", Pergamon Press, London, 1988, 78pp 
   Ants regularly attack hatching and molting nymphs. Vertebrates sharing the habitat of "T. eques" rarely disturb horse lubbers and prefer other lubber grasshopper species instead. Only invertebrates and grasshopper mice have been shown to be undeterred by adult "T. eques" defenses.
   Section::::Theory.
  
  Clemson University's Regulatory and Public Service Program listed "diseases vectored by insects" among bioterrorism scenarios considered "most likely". Because invasive species are already a problem worldwide one University of Nebraska entomologist considered it likely that the source of any sudden appearance of a new agricultural pest would be difficult, if not impossible, to determine. Lockwood considers insects a more effective means of transmitting biological agents for acts of bioterrorism than the actual agents. Insect vectors are easily gathered and their eggs easily transportable without detection. Isolating and delivering biological agents, on the other hand, is extremely challenging and hazardous.
   Hawking stated that, given the vastness of the universe, aliens likely exist, but that contact with them should be avoided. He warned that aliens might pillage Earth for resources. In 2010 he said, "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans."
   After larvae or moths have been found, it is important to throw out all food sources not in very tightly sealed containers. Moth larvae can chew through plastic bags and thin cardboard, so even unopened packages may become infested. They are also notoriously difficult to get rid of, and can crawl on ceilings and spin cocoons in rooms other than the kitchen or pantry where they hatched. Last instar larvae are able to travel significant distances before they pupate. When seeking the source of an infestation, the search thus cannot be limited to the immediate area where pupae are discovered.
   This definition disqualifies movements made in the search of resources and which are terminated upon finding of the resource. Migration involves longer distance movement and these movements are not affected by the availability of the resource items. All cases of long distance insect migration concern winged insects.
  
  Section::::General patterns.
   Section::::Basis for using insects in feed.:Frequently consumed insect species.
  
  There are quite a few debated estimates of numbers of edible insect species ranging from 1000 to 1900 species globally. Order of most consumed species of insect varies by region due to different environment, ecosystems, and climate. The table below lists top five insects consumed by humans worldwide, retrieved from Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security by Arnold van Huis, Joost Van Itterbeeck, Harmke Klunder, Esther Mertens, Afton Halloran, Giulia Muir and Paul Vantomme.
   Estimates of numbers of edible insect species consumed globally range from 1,000 to 2,000. These species include 235 butterflies and moths, 344 beetles, 313 ants, bees and wasps, 239 grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches, 39 termites, and 20 dragonflies, as well as cicadas. Which species are consumed varies by region due to differences in environment, ecosystems, and climate. 
  
  The table below lists the top five insect orders consumed by humans worldwide, retrieved from "Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security" by Arnold van Huis, Joost Van Itterbeeck, Harmke Klunder, Esther Mertens, Afton Halloran, Giulia Muir and Paul Vantomme.
   If an infestation does occur, the response must consider the safety of the cultural material involved. Individual objects can be quarantined through bagging to either contain or prevent infestation. Effective treatments include fumigation, freezing, or pesticides; cost may be the major deciding factor, based on the infestation and the institution.
  
  Section::::Emergency precautions and response.
   A similar incident occurred in March 2018 when Delta Airlines sent a puppy to Salt Lake City instead of its intended Boise destination.
  
  Section::::Transportation of domestic pets.:Passports.
  
  In 2004 a change in EU law meant that as well as cats and dogs, ferret transportation was allowed within European Union borders.
  
  Currently the EU pet passport scheme only covers cats, dogs and ferrets that have been vaccinated against rabies and fitted with electronic microchips. As of yet, there is no EU wide legislation to cover transportation of other pets, with different member states applying various rules.
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Animal transporter
   Section::::Ecology.:Migration.
  
  Many beetle species undertake annual mass movements which are termed as migrations. These include the pollen beetle "Meligethes aeneus" and many species of coccinellids. These mass movements may also be opportunistic, in search of food, rather than seasonal. A 2008 study of an unusually large outbreak of Mountain Pine Beetle ("Dendroctonus ponderosae") in British Columbia found that beetles were capable of flying 30–110 km per day in densities of up to 18, 600 beetles per hectare.
  
  Section::::Relationship to humans.
  
  Section::::Relationship to humans.:In ancient cultures.
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  We always got them confused
  
  /poem
   Case Study: A four-year-old child with high fever and covered with several hundred "Dermanyssus gallinae" (Red Mite) and their bites was abandoned at a hospital in Ireland. Investigators traced the child to a caravan occupied by "travellers" parked near a hen house where the birds were heavily infested with the mite. Abandonment and neglect (of both child and bird) were proven. Eradicating the mites from the hospital proved more difficult.
  
  Section::::Types of abuse and neglect.:Elder abuse or neglect.
   Species have also been introduced intentionally. For example, to feel more "at home," American colonists formed "Acclimation Societies" that repeatedly imported birds that were native to Europe to North America and other distant lands. In 2008, U.S. postal workers in Pennsylvania noticed noises coming from inside a box from Taiwan; the box contained more than two dozen live beetles. Agricultural Research Service entomologists identified them as rhinoceros beetle, hercules beetle, and king stag beetle. Because these species were not native to the U.S., they could have threatened native ecosystems. To prevent exotic species from becoming a problem in the U.S., special handling and permits are required when living materials are shipped from foreign countries. USDA programs such as Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) attempt to prevent exotic species outbreaks in America.
   BULLET::::- In the October 1953 issue of "Man to Man Magazine" an article by Leroy Thorpe titled "Are the Flying Saucers Kidnapping Humans?" asks the question "Are an unlucky few of us, and perhaps not so few at that, being captured with the same ease as we would net butterflies, perhaps for zoological specimens, perhaps for vivisection or some other horrible death designed to reveal to our interplanetary invaders what makes us tick?"
   In the Showtime series "Queer as Folk" a former student of Professor Ben Bruckner asked Ben to infect him with HIV, wanting to experience "the gift". Ben refuses and writes a short story about the incident.
  
  In the NBC series "ER", Season 7, Episode 13, Dr. Malucci treats a gay man who wants to contract HIV from his positive partner. Malucci asked the HIV-negative patient if he is "bug chasing".
  
  On his 2003 EP HRG, Vol. 1, singer/songwriter Marc with a C has a song on the subject entitled "Chasing the Bug".
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Bareback (sex)
  