Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: social insects.If you would like to find out more about social insects visit the museum’s website...

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: bioluminescence.If you would like to find out more about bioluminescence visit the museum’s...

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: medical insects.If you would like to find out more about medical insects visit the museum’s website...

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: termites.If you would like to find out more about termites visit the museum’s website at insectmuseum.org...

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: cockroaches.If you would like to find out more about cockroaches visit the museum’s website at...

Our resident entomology expert Heather Campbell brings us another Insect Minute. This week’s topic: bed bugs.If you would like to find out more about bed bugs visit the museum’s website at insectmuseum.org...

This may be the “Insect Minute,” but a tick is no insect! Ticks are a part of the subclass Acari making them close relatives of mites and distantly related to spiders. Ticks have four life stages,...

If there is an insect that represents the feeling of summer, I would argue it is the Cicada. At an afternoon baseball game or cook out, a chorus of male cicadas are there providing a soundtrack, doing...

When you are in a specialized career, like entomology for example, you are bound to get many questions. Some of the common questions we get are “What is the most dangerous insect?” “Which has the...

As a kid in North Carolina, many of us grew up with the notion that banded woolly bear caterpillars could be used to predict the severity and length of the coming winter. If the band around the center...

Furry, colorful and industrious bees radiate a charisma that people are naturally drawn to. After all, they produce the celebrated product, honey, and pollinate crops and gardens. Like most people, I...