Written by Nancy Miorelli
You know, it seems strange that it’s taken us more than 3 years to address this question! I’ve been doing a few interviews recently and I keep getting asked “Why are Insect Important?” In fact, it was the FIRST questions that I had to fill out for my Real Scientists welcome introduction!
So – I tweeted about it!
https://twitter.com/JohnKaltenbach/status/840398488626118657
Nancy Miorelli, @SciBugs, is living in the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest in the Maquipucuna Reserve.
To help fund her stay she sells eco-friendly bug jewelry featuring jewel beetle shells and an Ecuadorian nut called Tagua!
Check out her shop SciBugsCollections on Etsy!
References:
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2004. The Fruit Fly in You. NASA Science
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Peplow W. 2005. Insects Tapped for Better Rubber. Nature News
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Wilson E. 1999. What’s That Stuff? Light Sticks. Chemical Engineering and News 77(3): 65
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