productive people might have more money than the eternal sleep of us , but it turns out , they also have more of something less enviable : uninvited Edgar Albert Guest . fit in to arecent studyin the journalBiology Letters , wealthier homes are legion to more bug metal money than grim income home base . That is , while eminent - income homes may or may not have more dirt ball , spiders , and pinch infesting their nooks and crannies than lower - income homes overall , they definitely have a greater diversity of bug species .
A few months ago , we reportedon an urban biodiversity study that found that home in Raleigh , North Carolina were host to a immense ambit of arthropod species ( insects , arachnids , and other animals with exoskeletons , segment bodies , and jointed leg ) , includingbook lice , ants , cobweb spider , midges , and leafhoppers . For the current study , the same squad of research worker delved deeper into that data , which taste 50 homes across Raleigh , to analyze the connection between richness and arthropod variety .
Researchers found that , on mean , homes carry 61 unlike arthropod species . But there were distinct differences between higher- and modest - income homes . While wealthier homes had an average of 100 different species of arthropod , less wealthy homes had an norm of 50 .
research worker are n’t precisely certain why wealthy homes have a great diversity of arthropod species , but they believe it may be part of a all-embracing phenomenon they call the “ luxury effect , ” in which smashing biodiversity is found in higher income area . National Geographicexplains that early survey have found that high - income areas also have a in high spirits diversity of vegetation , and researchers believe the high diversity of arthropods may be linked to the larger yards and more diverse plant life in wealthier neighborhoods .
“ Our finding , that homes in wealthier neighborhoods host gamey indoor arthropod diversity ( comprise of mainly non - pest species ) , demonstrate that the luxury effect can extend to the indoor environs , ” the sketch explains . “ [ It ] suggests that the direction of neighborhood and metropolis can have impression on biodiversity that can extend from tree diagram and birds all the means to the arthropod life sentence in bedrooms and basements . ”
[ h / tNational Geographic ]
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