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Light of My Life
by While Valentine’s Day has come and gone this year, life and love in the natural world continues ever onward. Today we’ll take a closer look …
Category: Taxonomy
Star Wars and the Naming of Things
Choosing a name for a newfound species or group of organisms can be a rather daunting task. It should be no surprise that taxonomists and …
The Cosmetology of Entomology: An interview with Preparator Melody Doering
by “We counted thousands of ants stored in century old toad stomachs,” explains Melody Doering on the subject of her past curation projects. Melody, an entomological …
The Springtails of Easter Island
by You all may know about Easter, the holiday, but do you know about Easter, the Island? Easter Island is a tiny island in the Pacific, …
Help us identify this bug!
by Here’s a citizen science opportunity: Help us identify this bug! Click here for images of the unknown species and keys for comparison to the most likely species. …
The beak of a bug
What makes any bug a true bug? Insects in the order Hemiptera evolved from a common ancestor with a unique feature that all “true bugs” share today: …
Bug or true bug?
If you’re talking about insects, when is it okay to call one a “bug”? People in everyday life call almost anything a bug, including spiders, centipedes, roly-polies and snails (none of …