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Category Archives: Education
Entomologist Answers Commonly Googled Questions About Entomology and Entomologists
Written by Nancy Miorelli I’ve been rehauling my YouTube channel and I thought – that as member of the Ask an Entomologist team – what better way to spread the bug love than to answer questions that are commonly Googled! … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Identification, Pest Management
Tagged arthropod, Entomology, Forensic entmology, forensic entomologist, How Do Entomologists Help Solve Crimes, Insect, What Do Entomologists Do, What Do Entomologists Do at a Crime Scene, What Do Entomologists Do Every Day, What Do Entomologists Make, What Do Entomologists Study, What Do Entomologists Use To Catch Insects, What Do Entomologists Wear, What Does Entomology Mean, Why Do Entomologists Study Insects, Why Do Entomologists Use Dichotomous Keys
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Interacting With Ekbom’s sufferers: Guidelines from the dermatology literature.
Infestations can be very difficult to handle in online science outreach projects. We do our best to give the best possible advice, but ultimately it’s an issue where you need boots on the ground. During our infestation post, we mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Education, News, Pest Management, Research
Tagged Dermatology, Ekbom's Syndrome, Morgellons, Psychology, Psychosomatic Illness
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What is it like to be a scientist?
Written by Joe Ballenger Your Name: Chelsea Your Bug Question: Hi, I’m a middle school student and I was hoping you could answer a few of my questions about being an entomologist for a research paper I’m writing. Your Name: … Continue reading
Questions about head lice.
Written by Joe Ballenger We get a lot of questions about lice, and these are really important. On Biofortified, I wrote an article about head louse treatments that was relatively depressing. There are a lot of companies which market louse … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Pest Management, Physiology, Research
Tagged Lice, Lice Treatments, Medicine, Parasites
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So let’s talk about another type of GMO for a minute…
We’ve gotten this question, and it’s a really good question, but I didn’t initially understand what the person was asking. I knew what they were getting at-why is Oxitec using a tetracycline dependent system-but I wanted to wait for them … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, Education, Evolution, Insect Rearing, Pest Management, Physiology, Research
Tagged Biochemistry, genetics, Genomics, GMOs
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So what’s the deal with Zika virus? What’s going on in Brazil?
In the recent few weeks, the news has been filling up with stories about a new epidemic called Zika virus. Since it’s a hot topic, and potentially very important, I wanted to write something explaining what this virus is from … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, News, Pest Management, Physiology
Tagged Education, Insects, Mosquitoes, Parasites, Physiology, Viruses, Zika
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What have we learned about science communication over the past year of answering your questions?
Written by Joe Ballenger and Nancy Miorelli Entomology outreach through blogging with @SciBugs & @Stylopidae and their @BugQuestions project #entsoc15 pic.twitter.com/qAFEwyQ1MM — Morgan Jackson (@BioInFocus) November 17, 2015 We recently got back from the Entomological Society of America’s annual meeting, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Research
Tagged Conference, email, facebook, SciComm, science communication, twitter
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Why can’t you buy a jar of fireflies? Or: What factors decide which insects are sold online?
One of the neat things about this project is that we get some questions that are asking about things in a very narrow sense, but hit on some really important and interesting topics which are very relevant in a broader … Continue reading
How do I relocate insects and spiders?
This is actually one of the more common questions we get, and it’s a pretty difficult one to answer because every situation is different. Insects can get themselves into a lot of awkward situations, and I can totally relate to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Insect Rearing, Pest Management
Tagged Arthropod Handling, Insects, Relocation, Spiders
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Please stop sharing the ‘wasps are jerks’ memes.
I really try not to use this blog to jump on the soap-box too often but for some reason the internet has decided that wasps are the Martin Shkrelis of the insect world, and I think this needs to stop. … Continue reading
