How and when to euthanize an insect
A guide for the compassionate and squeamish. So you’re walking down the street and see a pitiful butterfly, wings broken, unable to fly. Perhaps it is a large charismatic species,
Category: Entomological Exploits
A Primitive Tick Family: The Nuttalliellidae
Nuttalliella namaqua is an unusual tick from perhaps the most basal tick lineage. It is the only member of the Nuttalliellidae due to its rather unusual characters that separate it from the
A Word on the Collembola
Collembola are a great little lineage of hexapods known as springtails (thought to not quite be insects) that are almost as cute as jumping spiders or woodlice, the cutest of
What do lice do when their host dies?
Mallophaga (chewling lice) are well known for their ability to chew through feathers and fur, but less known is their potential for phoresy (essentially using another organism as transit) on