Jan 4, 2018 | Blog
Earlier this week many people were likely cursing the below zero degree weather that spread across the United States. However, entomologists could not be happier about the frigid climate. The cold weather is a welcome change this winter as some of America’s most...
Dec 28, 2017 | Blog
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past three months you have certainly heard about the insect population crisis. A few months back German researchers reported that insect populations had decreased by seventy five percent in certain German national...
Dec 14, 2017 | Blog
Any news relating to ticks is most likely bad news. Ticks were much discussed among experts, politicians and the public this year for the increased risk of tick-borne disease facing people living in the northeastern region of the United States. It was also recently...
Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
It seems that scientists are learning new things about insects everyday. Some of these discoveries may be boring to average Joes with no interest in insects or spiders. But sometimes there is an insect-related story that nobody can avoid reading, or being curious...
Nov 20, 2017 | Blog
A strange looking beetle known as the tortoise beetle is now known for digesting pectin. A plant’s cell wall is made up of pectin and most mammals are unable to digest this material. According to Hassan Salem who is the lead author of the study and a post-doctoral...
