Author Archives: Polistes fuscatus

We’ve written about scientific conferences before, and we’re happy to announce that all of our writers will be together at ESA 2017 in Denver, Colorado! As always, we’ll write a post summarizing our experience…but our talk is a bit different … Continue reading →

Written by Joe Ballenger So…I was on Twitter, and this tweet came across my feed. Sitting on the deck swatting away flies or mosquitos is a situation that can be dealt with non-toxically. https://t.co/ff22sYfFIr — goop (@goop) 29 de agosto … Continue reading →

  Written by Joe Ballenger This question about invasive species caught my eye, mostly because I’m not sure I can give a complete response. Reading abt Asian citrus psyllid. Are there many N. Amer. insects considered pests/invasive on other continents? … Continue reading →

Written by Joe Ballenger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLNvpC2Hks Throughout my SciComm career, I’ve told a lot of stories about science. I’ve been active in online science outreach for 10 years, and I’ve written hundreds of blog posts across about a dozen different websites. … Continue reading →

Written by Joe Ballenger Some of the more interesting questions we get aren’t even about living insects. People have lots of questions about dead bugs, too. Hey there, I just had a quick question, I was in my backyard when … Continue reading →

Written by Joe Ballenger We got this question in our Facebook inbox, and it was one of those questions which kind of nerd-sniped me. Hello, so I have a rather odd question. I understand bugs have exoskeletons. So the decaying … Continue reading →

Written by Joe Ballenger Here’s a question I *really* like: Indian meal moths and grain weevils get into stored grain products and manage to complete entire life cycles without any access to moisture. How do they manage that? I really … Continue reading →