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Hello everyone. We re still on a hiatus as Joe and I finish up our PhDs. I m defending mine this upcoming Friday, September 23, 2022! Needless to say, things have been quite hectic. However, we still plan on revamping this site Continue reading
Written by Joe Ballenger Hello, I have a friend (yes, true!) who was telling me that she gets bitten from lots of insects yet her husband doesn t have this problem so why do some people get bitten and others don t? Continue reading
In honor of Women s History Month, we would like to share a blog article that Joanie wrote with Morgan Thompson and Jaclyn Martin for Entomology Today. Check it out using the link above. As for Ask an Entomologist updates, we Continue reading
Hey Askers! We wanted to give y all some more details about what s going on behind the scenes. We are three scientists who answer your questions for free, and we ve got a lot going on behind the scenes. Joe and Joanie Continue reading
Howdy y all, We hope that 2022 is treating you well so far. We re planning on revamping our site here at Ask an Entomologist. We ask and thank you for your patience! Joanie, Nancy, and Joe
Last Friday I was tasked with collecting some fire ant decapitating flies (Pseudacteon curvatus). Lucky for me, the season for collecting these flies hasn’t completely ended. Also, to my surprise, there are still a lot of visible fire ant mounds Continue reading
So, Vespa mandarinia still continues to capture the imagination of people across the US. The Washington Department of Agriculture recently confirmed the first sighting in 2021. So, right now seems like a good time to give an update. Mostly as Continue reading
Here I’m sporting a new shirt that has our Ask an Entomologist logo. It is very soft and comfortable. If you’re looking for a place to print bug shirts, RushOrderTees is a great place, especially for short sleeve shirts like Continue reading
The summer months are the busiest time of the year for us here at Ask an Entomologist (AaE). We receive hundreds of emails asking all kinds of questions. Particularly, we get a lot of concerns about what a particular bug Continue reading
This month, we got a pair of questions where people were asking about weird bees. I was taking pictures of bees in my garden and I saw one that looked like it had a ball of cotton in its mouth. Continue reading