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		<title>What Entomologists Do When It Snows&#8230;</title>
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We make arthropods out of snow!

How do you like my snow spider? I know, Im a dork. Man have we gotten a lot of snow&#8230;Im definitely ready for spring.
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		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2010/02/28/what-entomologists-do-when-it-snows/</link>
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		<title>Bugs in the News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some insects have been making the news lately.
First, did you know that King Tut was probably killed by mosquitos carrying malaria? The NY Times did a story about it that you can read here. If you don&#8217;t know what malaria is than you have been probably living in a cave far away from the sub/tropics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2010/02/24/bugs-in-the-news/</link>
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		<title>Ever Wonder How Many Ent. Nerds Are Out There??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Miller from OnlineDegree.net put together a list of the Top 25 Entomology Blogs&#8230;check it out.
Also&#8230;if you get bored and want to see entomologists, at what I like to call &#8220;Bug Club&#8221;, try to make funny jokes about insects click here and here.
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		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2010/02/15/ever-wonder-how-many-ent-nerds-are-out-there/</link>
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		<title>Oh its been a LONG while&#8230;</title>
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Life has been a bit stressful/busy, and is about to become more complicated in the upcoming months. I have been contemplating shutting down this website for a while now and still haven&#8217;t come to a conclusion yet. I feel like I am doing an injustice to the insects because Im not giving posts the amount [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2010/02/15/oh-its-been-a-long-while/</link>
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		<title>Some Randoms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week in central NY has been gorgeous!

I saw a bald eagle&#8230;

A tree frog on a broken tree limb

And FLYING SQUIRRELS! They like to nest in the top of our insect traps&#8230;





They are really cute and only 6in long or so&#8230;but man, when they are flying right at your head its a little frightening  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2009/09/04/some-randoms/</link>
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		<title>Time Flies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer has flown right on by. I didn&#8217;t photograph nearly as much bugs as I wanted to&#8230;too dang busy with work, the house, the pups&#8230;ugh! Next thing you know it will be snowing  

Below is a robber fly with a crazy beard   Haven&#8217;t had time to ID it yet&#8230;

And finally some stylin&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Trees and Sticks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The theme for today involves two insects that relate to trees, either in form or funtion  
The first is a Megarhyssa nortoni. They use that very long ovipositor (the black needle-like thing) to drill into trees in order to lay a single egg on developing siricid woodwasps. The egg hatches and the larva Megarhyssa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2009/08/23/of-trees-and-sticks/</link>
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		<title>Just A Couple Pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another porch light visitor (I have a happening porch at night!)&#8230;when I first saw it and went to grab my camera I thought it might be a hooktip moth, but now I am pretty sure it is a Large Maple Spanworm moth. I don&#8217;t know much about them, but I&#8217;m guessing they like maples  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2009/08/03/just-a-couple-pictures/</link>
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		<title>Katydid what??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bush katydids (Scudderia spp.) are one of the most common katydids and are famous for the songs the males sing at night, &#8220;katy did, katy didn&#8217;t&#8221;. The fancy word for how they sing this song is called &#8217;stridulation&#8217;, where they rub both of their upper wings together (one part has a tooth-like file and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2009/08/01/katydid-what/</link>
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		<title>Winged Friends Around My House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason (weather, work, or otherwise) I haven&#8217;t been able to really get out and get good bug pictures lately. Actually, haven&#8217;t even gone buggin&#8217; this season yet come to think of it. The only pictures I have been getting of insects are of those that come to visit me at my home. Still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bugsforthugs.com/2009/07/19/winged-friends-around-my-house/</link>
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