Category Archives: Art

Insect Pest Photography

Posted on July 16, 2017 by jjneal

Institutions that provide information on pest insects often use photos to communicate with the public. Go to any Cooperative Extension website and you will find photographs of pests. The public is often clueless when the name of an insect is … Continue reading →

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Art and Entomophagy

Posted on July 9, 2017 by jjneal

Entomophagy (eating insects) expands our choices of cuisine and is envisioned as a protein source of the future as the human population continues to increase. For much of western culture, entomophagy has a “yuk” factor that is a current barrier. … Continue reading →

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The Itch To Create

Posted on July 2, 2017 by jjneal

Experiences with insects give some artists the itch to create.   Lata is a remote village in the Noyabrsk area of Siberia, known for long winters and summers filled with mosquitoes.  Artists are often inspired by their local environment and Valery Chaliy … Continue reading →

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Insects As Architects?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by jjneal

The Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ has a current exhibit: Animal Architects. The exhibit features the work of New Jersey Artists that depict modification of the environment by animals including insects. Some modification are made by building such as mud … Continue reading →

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Insects: Their Ways and Means of Living

Posted on June 11, 2017 by jjneal

R. E. Snodgrass published his reference book, The Principles of Insect Morphology in 1935. Reference books are a means to catalog information for use by scientists and students. They are not meant to be read cover to cover and do not … Continue reading →

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Robert Evans Snodgrass

Posted on June 4, 2017 by jjneal

R.E. Snodgrass is familiar to most entomologists as the author of The Principles of Insect Morphology. Snodgrass was interested in biology at a young age and practiced taxodermy on birds. His family sent him to a religious prep school where … Continue reading →

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Ant Man Returns

Posted on May 28, 2017 by jjneal

Comic book heroes as movie stars have generated surprising blockbuster hits. Ant Man, a second tier Marvel Comics superhero found a wider audience in the 2015 hit movie, Ant Man.  Can the sequel be far behind? The sequel, Ant Man And The … Continue reading →

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