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Cottonwood Borer (Plectrodera scalator) Photograph by Dan Winters Texas is crawling with insects—literally. It’s not just that an estimated 37,000 different species can be found here (although we do have more than any other state). It’s the frequency with which we’ve seen them—many of them, at least—during the past year. What’s behind our entomological explosion? The rain has a lot to do with it. Texas weather has been particularly wet of late, a fact that is music to the antennae of most insects, who feed off the plant life that thrives in such conditions. Another reason is th...

Smallest hummingbird, which is little bigger than a b, to creatures which are the size of a grain of sand. we filmed a crab that lives inside a snail shell that is the size of a grain of sand. we had to use a lot of technology to capture these things. technology and quite a bit of patience required, i would i . bit of patience required, i would imagine! exactly. the clip you saw, the dung beetles, i spoke to the producer yesterday and he said it took 5 weeks to film that. one of the biggest problems, working in the jungle, dealing with the humidity and the rain and even once we had ove rco m e...

>> reporter: these kissing bugs are anything but romantic. the nickname because they often bite people's faces attracted by their breathe. dr. sarah heimer studies the blood suck jess at texas a&m. >> they are elusive because they need a host. >> reporter: the bugs carry a parricide that could be deadly and show up as heart disease. they are found mostly in latin america and southern u.s. but a girl was bitten much farther north in delaware. >> there is a range of symptoms that makes it difficult to diagnose. >> reporter: those symptoms can include rash, fever and body aches. the bugs occasion...

Can carry a deadly disease. a team at texas a&m is tracking the bugs and samples sent to labs. 55% of those have a parasite called shaggus disease. if left untreated, it can monday to a chronic face with deadly complications like heart failure and sudden death. the cdc says 300,000 people have shaggus disease but most are in latin america. >> shepard: how do you protect yourself? >> close your blinds, keep windows closed. they're certaining out a warning to not confuse them with other box, especially the box elder