NY Post: Men more likely than women to be scared of bugs

Just half of men (53%) and even fewer women (43%) correctly identified a tick. And those same percentages correctly identified "entomology" as the study of insects.

The survey found that far more men than women reported being "very scared" of bugs (32% of men compared to just 22% of women).

Despite the mediocre scores, more than half of respondents considered themselves "very knowledgeable" about insects. (Dunning-Kruger effect, perhaps?)

Benoit, an assistant professor of biological sciences in UC's McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, studies ticks, mosquitoes, cockroaches and other insects and arthropods in his lab. He has conducted research in places as remote as Antarctica, home to a bizarre wingless fly.

Benoit helped conduct biological tests for Zevo products in his lab.

"Some insect pests can be highly prolific under favorable conditions," Benoit told the Post.

The good news, Benoit said, is most insects don't want to cohabitate with people.

"Few people realize that the indoor biome is a specific habitat that only certain insects can tolerate," he said.