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Exciting Stuff! New Directions for Ask an Entomologist
Post written by Nancy Miorelli and Joe Ballenger As Ask an Entomologist has grown, we’re excited to have had a few opportunities to collaborate with some really cool people. Nancy and Joe wanted to make a post to cue folks … Continue reading
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Tagged #Filter, BugQuestions, Colony Collapse Disorder, Instagram, KidQuestions, Podcast
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The Last of the March Mantids: High School Steroptypes!
Written by Nancy Miorelli and Joe Ballenger It’s the end of the month, and our March Mantids theme month seems to have been a pretty big success. It was a lot of fun for us, because we got to talk … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Culture, Ecology
Tagged If Mantises Were in High School, March Mantid Madness
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Wait, Insects Breathe!? But How? Part I
Post by Nancy Miorelli and Joe Ballenger One day, while puttering around on Twitter we noticed that there was a #BugQuestions already…and there are some really neat questions here. The question of how insects breathe is one which is commonly … Continue reading
Why do entomologists kill insects? A non-taxonomist’s perspective.
Co-Written by Joe Ballenger and Nancy Miorelli Admittedly, this isn’t really a direct user submission per se, but it’s a question which comes up in the entomological world enough to warrant a discussion. Collecting of insects is not controversial amongst … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Research, Taxonomy
Tagged Agriculture, Collections, Education, Entomology, Habitat Loss, Inects, Insect Killing, Medical Entomology, Research, Science, Science Communicaiton
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Hello, and welcome!
Welcome to our website, Ask an Entomologist! This blog is an experiment in science communication. Most science bloggers write about events in the news, or about scientific discoveries which interest them. The authors of this blog, however, want to take … Continue reading
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