Comments for NCSU Insect Museum

Comment on stinging long-legged flies?! by Donna Pido

Donna Pido — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:36:22 +0000

We have a tiny honey producing bee that locals call ’sweat flies’ or ’sweat bees’. They nest in Sausage trees where they build a protruding horn shaped entrance of wax, and we have also found them in rotting banana stumps. Does anyone have information on these bees and how we can foster them? We are on the north shore of Lake Victoria in Kenya.

Comment on Insect Museum makes the top 100! by Insect Museums | Living With Insects Blog

Insect Museums | Living With Insects Blog — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:10:13 +0000

[...] NC State Museum responds on their Blog: “Thanks guys! They really loved our outreach ideas and blog and even gave a shout-out to the [...]

Comment on Insect of the week – number 32 by Alex

Alex — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:39:18 +0000

The first time I saw a pelecinid, it had landed on someone’s back. I was about 10. It looked absolutely terrifying.

Comment on Insect of the week – number 34 by Andrew Ernst

Andrew Ernst — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:46:03 +0000

Yes, Yes it should. This is what happens when I download a citation and don’t read it carefully. Thanks.

Comment on Insect of the week – number 34 by GailK

GailK — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:23:15 +0000

psst–shouldn’t Jones’ “Cerial” be “Cereal”?

Comment on Insect of the week – number 32 by Trish

Trish — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:32:37 +0000

Very interesting you write about this wasp, since I just collected two beautiful females in Crossnore, NC yesterday! The many jabs of her ovipositor into my finger were very irritating..

Comment on NC insect of the week – number 2 by Shelly Cox

Shelly Cox — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:58:02 +0000

I wanted to add to James’ comment that I live in NW Missouri, north of St. Joseph in on a farm outside Savannah, MO. I found one of these little leaf-rollers a week ago. Is this a record for range? I noticed on most range maps their distribution stops short of Kansas City.

Comment on Insect Museum makes the top 100! by Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:09:19 +0000

Ha! This is a pitch-perfect response.

Comment on Insect Museum makes the top 100! by Margaret Roderick

Margaret Roderick — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:45:47 +0000

Perhaps Senators McCain and Coburn could learn more about the valuable research and its benefits being conducted at NC State by Andrew Deans PhD and his hardworking staff. The museums holdings are available worldwide through http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/53911/ as many as 5,000,000,000 have access to the NC State museum.

Comment on surprise earwig report by freakingout2

freakingout2 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:45:58 +0000

Oops meant for that second paragraph to be addressed to ‘mel’ instead… and good luck to you.