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Your creepy, crawly roommates

2023/1/25
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Rob Dunn：生态学家Rob Dunn最初研究的是遥远地区的昆虫，后来转向研究家中昆虫。他发现人们对家中昆虫的生态系统知之甚少，研究重点应该从如何消灭昆虫转向研究昆虫的进化、物种构成以及生态系统需求。通过对家中昆虫的研究，我们可以了解到许多意想不到的益处，例如某些昆虫可以帮助分解难以消化的物质，甚至可以产生抗生素。 Michelle Trotwine：Michelle Trotwine和她的团队对50户家庭进行了实地调查，发现几乎每个家庭中都有大约100种不同的昆虫物种，物种多样性远超预期。他们还发现，家中的昆虫之间存在复杂的寄生关系，形成独特的生态系统。 Bird Pinkerton：Bird Pinkerton总结了对家中昆虫的研究成果，指出过度使用杀虫剂可能会破坏家中的生态平衡，反而不利于控制害虫。我们应该采取更可控的方式使用杀虫剂，既能消灭害虫，又能保护有益昆虫。同时，我们也可以通过引入有益昆虫来改变家中的昆虫种类，例如利用蜘蛛来控制苍蝇数量，减少疾病传播。

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Ecologist Rob Dunn shifted his focus from rainforests to homes, discovering that we know surprisingly little about the arthropods living with us and how they might benefit us.

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Our houses are homes to hidden worlds of bugs. And the more ecologists explore those worlds, the more they realize that some of our tiny roommates actually have a lot to teach us. 

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