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The first time I saw this species, I was dumbfounded, to say the least. We live in a 10th floor apartment in urban Cochin, which admittedly is on the banks of the backwaters. Nonetheless, I was quite surprised to see a dull-colored damselfly float through a window and over our dining room table, and... (original story)
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Specimen boxes ready to ship out. There are many reasons to look forward to the Holiday Season—time with family and friends, a break from the normal routine, the chance to engage in favorite activities leisure and otherwise, or maybe just kick back and not do much of anything. Okay, that last one ... (original story)
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It’s time once again for the NCSU Insect Museum’s Hexapod Haiku Contest! hexapod haiku - short poems that celebrate most Arthropoda The goal of this contest is to encourage people to think about the myriad ways in which insects and other terrestrial arthropods interact with their environ... (original story)
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Welcome to the 4th Annual BitB Top 10, where I get to pick my 10 (more or less) favorite photographs of the year. As an insect macrophotographer I still feel like a relative newcomer, although with three seasons under my belt fewer and fewer people seem to be buying it anymore. Granted I’ve... (original story)
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We’ve all heard expressions like ‘a swarm of angry bees.’ But do bees or other insects actually experience something like emotions? (Is that a smile??) According to a recent Scientific American article, it sure looks like they do! The article begins, “If you have never watche... (original story)
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When I got back from ScienceOnline, my boss asked me how it went. (I was sort of AWOL from the first week of class, and she was not real thrilled about that.) “It was one of the greatest experiences of my life” was my response. That’s what I feel–but I’ve been tr... (original story)
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Let me tell you about the SPIDER incident… Moving into a new house has presented some interesting experiences for us. One of which, being woken up in the middle of the night (usually 2am) by the alarm blaring it’s opinion about the moth that dare fly too close to the sensor. This has happened ... (original story)
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I want to highlight this research report for a couple of reasons. First, it’s a summary of a lot of research on birds and bats–and it is alarming. Major findings include: Current environmental mercury loads have the ability to significantly reduce reproductive success in several... (original story)
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Some time ago, I got an email from a student in the UK working on an Entomophagy project: “I’m a postgraduate design student studying at the Royal College of Art in London, who is currently knee deep in a project on Entomophagy. Myself and 3 other students have spent the last four month... (original story)