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Why entomology? Why study bugs?

I often get the questions of today’s topic posed to me when I meet people.  Why did you go into entomology?  How did you decide to work with bugs? It all started when I was a kid.  I loved insects.  I have various memories throughout my childhood that pointed to my future career as an entomologist, but I didn’t know at the time that I could work with insects and get paid for it. In 5th grade, we were assigned to research and write a report on the… Read More →