Comments for Entomology Today https://entomologytoday.org Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on How Do Cicadas Know When to Emerge from the Ground? by Valerie J Spencer https://entomologytoday.org/2016/03/22/how-do-cicadas-know-when-to-emerge-from-the-ground/#comment-146925 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:37:33 +0000 http://entomologytoday.org/?p=5000#comment-146925 What time in the night do they generally appear? My grandson and I would to try and see it without spending all night outside. ]]> Comment on Digging Deep: The Secrets Within Termite Nests by Mary McCoy https://entomologytoday.org/2020/08/19/digging-deep-secrets-within-termite-nests/#comment-146922 Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:34:12 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13924#comment-146922 Very interesting!! Thanks! ]]> Comment on Battling Chicken Mites with Bags of Brimstone by sebrina richards https://entomologytoday.org/2016/07/18/battling-chicken-mites-with-bags-of-brimstone/#comment-146908 Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:12:41 +0000 http://entomologytoday.org/?p=5807#comment-146908 Can Ms.Walker advise if sulfur dust dusting one’s home is recommended if is infested with mites. Please reply. Have tried everything. Have had success with sulfur in limited situations. Need guidance for a grander scale. Thank you. ]]> Comment on Insect Identification: Experts and Guides to ID That Bug You Found by Catherine Zelonis https://entomologytoday.org/2018/07/03/insect-identification-experts-guides-bug-spider-arachnid-entomology/#comment-146906 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:07:24 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=9578#comment-146906 In reply to Thomas Petty.

Absolutely right!

]]> Comment on During Quarantine, an Entomologist Takes a Closer Look at a New Invasive Ant Species by Tristan Myers https://entomologytoday.org/2020/05/01/during-quarantine-an-entomologist-takes-a-closer-look-at-a-new-invasive-ant-species/#comment-146905 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:17:47 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13348#comment-146905 They won’t have any effect of Florida, Florida has so many invasive ants, its not new at all, and it wont change anything. ]]> Comment on Tracking the Invasion: New Technique Traces Spotted Lanternflies for Life by Nikki M Reightler https://entomologytoday.org/2020/07/01/tracking-the-invasion-new-technique-traces-spotted-lanternflies-for-life/#comment-146904 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:07:04 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13667#comment-146904 Seen one at the Olive Garden in Wyomissing, Pa. It landed on my windshield. ]]> Comment on Study Shows Mosquitoes Can Still Spread Malaria After Long-Distance Flights by tomc5292013 https://entomologytoday.org/2020/08/12/anopheles-mosquitoes-malaria-long-distance-flights/#comment-146903 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:29:56 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13878#comment-146903 Maybe I am missing something in the article but if the insects are contained in polypropylene tubes, with cloth covering the ends, then how is this an accurate simulation of them riding the high altitude winds to migrate long distances? Surely the tubes protect them to some degree? ]]> Comment on Study Shows Mosquitoes Can Still Spread Malaria After Long-Distance Flights by ashoka u pais https://entomologytoday.org/2020/08/12/anopheles-mosquitoes-malaria-long-distance-flights/#comment-146901 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:17:13 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13878#comment-146901 female mosquito anopheles feed only on man, here you mention feeding on chicken, usually they inhabit areas close to human beings only, dont think they can be just blown away by winds, they must be having a sense to detect humans far and wide and then put themselves in winds going that directions, dont know how.
ashok ]]> Comment on Study Shows Mosquitoes Can Still Spread Malaria After Long-Distance Flights by Eric Bjerregaard https://entomologytoday.org/2020/08/12/anopheles-mosquitoes-malaria-long-distance-flights/#comment-146900 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:48:17 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13878#comment-146900 Great timing folks. They cancel football and then you tell me I could have contracted malaria in The Big House anyways. ]]> Comment on The Bugs and the Bees: A Guide to Entomology Outreach, Even During a Pandemic by Willow Croft https://entomologytoday.org/2020/08/04/bugs-bees-guide-entomology-outreach-pandemic/#comment-146896 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:03:15 +0000 https://entomologytoday.org/?p=13813#comment-146896 Ha, love the evacuation video! ]]>