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Raymond Maurice Gilmore (1 January 1907 - 31 December 1983) was an American zoologist and a recognized authority on whales.He conducted the first census of California gray whales and is credited with creating public interest in their conservation by leading the earliest whale-watching excursions for the San Diego Natural History Museum.
State insect Binomial name Image Year Alabama: Monarch butterfly (state insect) Danaus plexippus: 1989 [1] Queen Honey bee (state agricultural insect) Apis mellifera: 2005 [2] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly and mascot) Papilio glaucus: 1989 [3] Alaska: Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly: Libellula quadrimaculata: 1995 [4] Arizona: Two ...
Only a small number of species including flower flies, aphids, thrips, muscid flies, midges, mosquitoes and love bugs cause the bulk of the splats. From 2010–2015, the USDA funded the California Insect Survey (CIS) which was transferred to UC Davis. [25] Kimsey is currently editor of the Bulletin of the California Insect Survey.
According to VanDyk, BugGuide had over 809 million hits in 2010, averaging approximately 26 hits per second. [6] He also stated that in early 2011 the site consisted of almost 34,000 written pages representing about 23 percent of the estimated insect species in North America. [6] In April 2012 the guide surpassed 500,000 photos. [7]
Chelifer cancroides is the species most commonly found in homes, where it is often observed in rooms with dusty books. [1] There, the tiny animals (2.5–4.5 mm or 0.10–0.18 in) can find their food such as booklice and house dust mites. They enter homes by riding insects larger than themselves, or are brought in with firewood.
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (entomon) 'insect' and -λογία 'study') [1] is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists.
A "skit" at a fraternity party that left a pledge with burns over 16% of his body led to authorities filing charges against four San Diego State University students, including the person who was ...
In 2010, a summer surge of insect bites blamed on the Blandford fly required many who had been bitten to be treated in a hospital. [8] The New Zealand "sandflies" are actually black flies of the species Austrosimulium australense and A. ungulatum. [9]