The Diversity of Bugs in a Room

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Researchers found that in almost every house, there were about 100 different species of bugs. Even if people were tidy or they sprayed insecticides, it seems like nothing made a difference. Rob says you can actually kind of draw a parallel between the ecosystem in a bedroom and the ecosystem on a forest floor.

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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