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Social Insects

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: social insects.

Bioluminescence

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: bioluminescence.

Medical Insects

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: medical insects.

Termites

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: termites.

Cockroaches

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: cockroaches.

Bed Bugs

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: bed bugs.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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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