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Social Insects
Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: social insects.
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Bioluminescence
Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: bioluminescence.
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Medical Insects
Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: medical insects.
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Termites
Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: termites.
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Cockroaches
Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: cockroaches.
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Bed Bugs
Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: bed bugs.
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Ticks
This may be the “Insect Minute,” but a tick is no insect! Ticks are a part of the subclass Acari making them close relatives of mites and distantly related to spiders....
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Cicadas
If there is an insect that represents the feeling of summer, I would argue it is the Cicada. At an afternoon baseball game or cook out, a chorus of male cicadas are th...
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The Biggest Insect
When you are in a specialized career, like entomology for example, you are bound to get many questions. Some of the common questions we get are “What is the most dange...
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The Arctic Woolly Bear Moth
As a kid in North Carolina, many of us grew up with the notion that banded woolly bear caterpillars could be used to predict the severity and length of the coming wint...
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The Wonderful World of Bees!
Furry, colorful and industrious bees radiate a charisma that people are naturally drawn to. After all, they produce the celebrated product, honey, and pollinate crops ...
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