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Vintage Entomology film!
I  love this little animated film from 1912. So much embedded in this:  The chauffeur is a weevil! The club is named The Gay...
 
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Party in Indianapolis
It’s time for the Entomological Society Annual Meeting–who wants to party with Bug Girl in Indy? I’ll be...
 
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Vote! (on my identity)
I keep getting more and more interesting things coming my way as Bug Girl…but the problem is, I like being Bug Girl, and...
 
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Word of the day: Egregious
egregious:Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion. Outrageously bad.Example: this...
 
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Shiny Taxonomic Key is SHINY!
There is now an online key to the 86 species of Chrysididae in North America!It is, of course, quite useful, but the best...
 
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Update on the Donors Choose Challenge!
The Donors Choose Challenge is now over, and the project to get more nature bloggers involved was a success!!The total amount...
 
Ashwin Baindur
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Butterfly antennas act like GPS!
Its very easy for army officers to assume that journeying cross-country is simple. They forget that they are specially trained...
 
Dean Power
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Pesky thrips in cotton | The Beat Sheet
The Queensland DPI's Entomolgy unit has a new Beat Sheet blog. Their latest update reports that are a high number of thrips in cotton seedlings this year. The DPI team are leaders in eExtension and a very important resource for Grain growers in the...
 
pajamadeen
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Two New Endangered Species in Kentucky
An unassuming-looking Kentucky wildflower that grows nowhere in the world but Bullitt County and Jefferson County is on track...
 
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2010 Native Bee Calendar!
Just in time for the holidays–Xerces has a new native bee calendar!“The Xerces Society and the Great Sunflower...
 
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Book Review: At Large and Small
Ann Fadiman. At Large and Small: Familiar Essays. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2007.Bug Rating: I freely admit to being an Anne...
 
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Teachers, Astronauts, and butterflies
A cool opportunity for teachers!!WANTED: Up to 20 schools (in the U.S., east of the Rocky Mountains) to follow the development...
 
<em>kbarton1001</em>
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Meet the Savior of the Brown Water, the Oil Spill Gordon
There’s a certain contentment knowing coarse fish will be around to confuse and entertain future generations of fly...
 
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And now for something completely different
Sorry to be a downer lately…I’m realizing that I have to go look for a job soon, and it’s rather a bummer....
 
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Update on the Challenge
You might remember that last month I threw down the gauntlet to some of the bigger cousins in the interwebs for the...
 
<em>kbarton1001</em>
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We’ve struggled to explain senses we lack, can motion convey both form and identity?
Science suggests there is more to the lateral line than we’ve suspected and may provide more than mere vibration...
 
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Book Review: The War against the Chtorr
Bug Rating:Synopsis: Long-winded Libertarians lead the fight against an extra-terrestrial insectish species in this 1983...
 
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Stupidity….there’s an app for that
Just when I think I’ve seen everything…I discover there is an app for your iPhone that claims to  repel mosquitoes...
 
Mountain Splash
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Discover Life @ UGA :: Caterpillars identification guide & checklist
This handy little search engine helped me eventually narrow down the family of and thus eventually the actual name of the "black spiky caterpillar with red bands that looks like a porcupine foot left on the front sidewalk by a neighborhood feral...
 
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@rarepleasures with print version general entomology field guides not worth it. Get one for group you're interested in.
 
senorpibb
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Bike Biology: Wooly Worm, Wooly Bear, Woolly Bully
What cyclist hasn’t crossed paths with the charming wooly worm on a nice autumn day: those fuzzy little black and orange...
 
Common Sense
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Butterfly School at Monarch Watch Fall 2009 Open House
One of the highlights of the annual fall open house at Monarch Watch is Butterfly School, in which Chip Taylor, founder and...
 
Common Sense
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Saving Bees
My garden is a hang-out for bees of all kinds — honey bees, native bees, carpenter bees.  I love watching them...
 
Ashwin Baindur
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Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes...
 
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Argh.
Well, job continues to kick my butt, so it looks like I’ll be offline for another couple of weeks. Here’s another...
 
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Insects + Beer = SCIENCE
There is a really fun opportunity for some participatory science this August:“I could use your help to run a North...
116 days ago Bug Girl’s Blog | Topics: Entomology, Insects, Science, beer
 
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More free Journals!
In case you missed it–NCSE is now offering all back issues (1980-1996) of the Creation/Evolution Journal online, free, as...
 
AdeYing
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The life cycle of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) - laboratory rearing
Since I'm currently doing a research involving Aedes sp., I guess it might be interesting for me to share this - especially to...
131 days ago DILLY DALLY ME | Topics: entomology, education, health...
 
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Baldwin and Bot Flies
Because, as busy as I am, I can always stop and bring you news of a celebrity-insect nexus.I don’t watch much...
 
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Migratory Butterfly Research in Europe
I’m still super busy, so how about you visit LabLit and read about the amazing migration of the Painted Lady Butterfly. ...
 
AdeYing
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Sacrifice + disgusting roaches
My first attempt of rearing Aedes in the laboratory gave out 6 adults out of hundred of eggs submerged in a tray. Out of the 6...
154 days ago DILLY DALLY ME | Topics: entomology, education, health...
 
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Pretty Picture Thursday (and Friday)
I’m on the road right now, so why not enjoy this beautiful photo of one of my favorite groups of insects! The Chrysididae...