Buzz Of The Week

Every week or so, this page will feature an insect-related link to another website that is fun, interesting, intriguing, humorous, or all of the above. Check this page every week for the latest buzz.

In this animated video from PHDcomics, Matan Shelomi, a Ph.D. candidate in entomology at the University of California, Davis, tells us why, when it...
In this National Geographic video, a wasp takes on a very large baboon spider in order to feed her young. Watch the video below.
This video shows dung beetles in Africa. It was made by Justin Waldman, who wrote "It's not easy being a dung beetle in Africa - not if you...
The goliath birdeater tarantula of South America is arguably the biggest spider in the world. In this video from National Geographic, watch as one...
This short video from National Geographic features Larry Peterman, owner of a store in California that sells snacks made with insects. Larry also...
As a teenager growing up in the mountains of rural northern virginia, Jerry Payne wondered, "Animals are dying all the time. Where do they all...
Ever wonder what it would be like to attend a meeting with nearly 3,000 entomologists? This video from local news Channel 8 in Knoxville, Tennessee...
In this news video, local funny man Ken Schwall from Knoxville's WBIR Channel 10 comes to Entomology 2012, ESA's 60th Annual Meeting, and...
This video shows various sequences of ladybugs preparing to take off and fly away. The sequences were recorded by cameraman Rainer Bergomaz from Blue...
This video shot extremely close and in super slow motion and shows birds, insects and other pollinators in action. Watch the video below.