The Exoskeletons in our Closets: A synthesis of research from the ‘Arthropods of our Homes’ project in Raleigh, NC

• Published in: Zoosymposia
• Main Authors: LEONG, MISHA, BERTONE, MATTHEW A., BAYLESS, KEITH M., DUNN, ROBERT R., TRAUTWEIN, MICHELLE D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zoosymposia 2018
• Subjects: Insecta; Greenland; Rasmussen; Raleigh
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zs/article/view/zoosymposia.12.1.7; https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.12.1.7

The history of people living with insects, spiders and their relatives is long, probably as long as humans have been using fixed domiciles (e.g., caves). Studies of caves inhabited by prehistoric people 26,000 years ago suggest arthropod pests already lived alongside our ancestors in those caves (Ar...