Large, solitary bees that are often mistaken for bumblebees.
Carpenter bees, members of the genus Xylocopa, are large, solitary bees that are often mistaken for bumblebees due to their size and coloration. Unlike bumblebees, however, carpenter bees have a shiny, hairless abdomen
Should we worry about arachnids crawling into our mouths while we’re in dreamland?
The modern popularity of the myth may spring from a 1999 list of trivia facts in The Guardian, which claimed that throughout their lifetime, people swallow eight spiders during sleep. Yes, I said myth. The common urban legend that humans eat a specific number of bugs while sleeping each year is not supported by scientific evidence.
