Aaages sp., 158
Acronyms, 212-217
Adrenalin O.D., 80
Advertising/commercials, insects in, 119-120, 131
Aeshnid dragonflies, 17
Agra vation, 160
Agriculture, and termites, 10
Aha ha, 159
Airspeed of insects, 40-42
Akens, Jewel, 77
Aldrin, Buzz, 191
Aldrovandi, Ulysse, 181
Allen, Fred, 250
Alpert, Herb, 77
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, 257-259
Amber, insects in, 14
American cockroach, 12
American Entomological Institute, 164
American Entomologist , 183, 219
American Journal of the Crush-Freak , 18-20
American Museum of Natural History, 224, 225, 228
Amphipods, 51
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 209
Andries, 169-170
Angelicus, Bartholomaeus, 168-169
Animal Fakes and Frauds, 174-175
Annals of the Entomological Society of America , 185
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens , 209
Anopheles gambiae , 222-223
burning with magnifying glass, 147
eponymous body parts, 154
festival, 128
Microdon cohabitation with,
movies, 201
psychotropic effects, 123-124
in songs, 113
Ants in the Pants, 84
fecundity, 28-29
Aphrodisiacs, 97-98
Apidologie , 218
Apion , 157-158
Appetites of insects, 39
Arachnids, superheroes, 66, 68
Arachnocampa flava , 59-60
Arachnocampa luminosa , 60
Arnold, H., 250
Artemia salina , 46-47
Ascalaphid neuropteran, 169
Attenborough, David, 228
Attractants, Limburger, 222-223
Auditory capsule, 153
Augusta Greenjackets, 134
Australian CSIRO Division of Entomology, 222
Australian dragonfly, 40
Austrophlebia costalis , 40
Avebury, Lord (John Lubbock), 4-5
Avery, Tex, 120
Bad Mojo, 105-110
Badia, L., 35
Baker, Claire, 59
Baltimore checkerspot, 90
Barbera, Joe, 225
Barry, Dave, 250-251
Bartholin, 155
Baseball, insect mascots, 133-137
Basilarchia lorquini , 89
Battle Bugs, 105
Batty, R.A., 249-250
B. Bumble and the Stingers, 80
Beach Boys, 77
Beatles, The, 77
Bed bugs, 84, 96, 113, 155-156
Bee fly, 160
Beeman, Dick, 210
Bees
classification, 168
eponymous body parts, 154
games related to, 86-87
mascots, 134
in the mouth, 43-44
Beer bottles, insect mating with, 18
Beetles
species in U.S., 89
superheroes, 67
Bellonci's organ, 154-155
Bennett, William, 21
Berenbaum, Bambi, 192-194
Bernadino de Sahagun, Fray, 13
Berothids, 70
Biancaniello, Mark, 44
Big bug post cards, 176-178
Bird calls, 247
Bizzy, Bizzy Bumblebees, 86-87
Black swallowtail caterpillar, 213
Black widow spider, 50, 66, 68
Blackburn, T. M., 250
Blatta orientalis , 95-96
Blodgett Forest, 5
Blow flies, 203
Blum, Murray, 24
B.O.G.U.S., 160
Boring science, 225-226, 227, 236
Borror, D., 30
Boswell, James, 250
Bowers, Deane, 78
Bowles, John, 52
Boyce Thompson Institute, 210
Braconid wasps, 160
Braxton Hicks, J., 155
Brauman, A., 11-12
Brevicoryne brassicae , 28-29, 39
Brine shrimp, 46-47
Brothers, Joyce, 191
Brottman, M., 53-54
Buckton, George Bowdler, 181
Bug video game, 106
Bug Bowl, 43
Bug Busters , 20
Bugs in the System , 115
Bugs, Slugs & Other Things , 20
Bumblebee Oath, 86-87
Buprestis aurenta , 5
Burgess, E. S., 197
Burlington Bees, 134
Bush, George, 25
Buzzwords, 137
criticisms of essays, 219-221
Bye! Bye! Mosquitos, 139-140
Cabot, Susan, 202
California dog head, 89
California sister, 89
Calliphora maggots, 203
Calopteran discrepans , 16
Canby, Vincent, 102
Cannibalism
human, 53-55
Cantharis , 96-97
Cantharidin, 97
Capps, Dan, 43
Capps, Gilmer, 92
Carabid beetle, 160
Carbon dioxide, 10
Carbon monoxide production, 10, 13
Carlet, G., 148-149
Carpenter, M. M., 181
Cars, Super Bee, 130
Castanea inca dincado , 160
Caterpillar fungus, 93
Center for Economic Entomology, 167-168
Cephenemyia pratti , 40-42
Champaign-Urbana News Gazette , 21, 91
Chase, M. W., 209
Chicago Academy of Sciences, 228
Chironomid bloodworms, 256
Cholcystokinin, 74
Chrysops balzaphire, 160
Cimex, 96
Citation analysis, 207-211
Clayton, L., 250
Cleveland, L.R., 9
Cleveland Crochet and Band, 80
Cleveland Spiders, 133-134
Clunio maritimus, 7
Coca crops, malumbia eradication of, 21-25
Cocaine, 24
Coccidae, 5
Cochran, Johnnie, 261
Cockroaches
allergies to, 100
artificial limbs, 149
carbon monoxide production, 13
in commercials, 120
courtroom appearances, 72
in ears, 31-33
edibility, 72-73
feeding preferences, 180
games related to, 84-85, 105-110
human kinskip, 73-74
integrated pest management, 100
killer, 71-72
locomotion studies, 148-149
lucky number, 73
medicinal, 95-96
metaphors, 222
movies/films, 100-104
in music, 103
pain perception, 150
pets, 100
poem about, 113-114
in songs, 80
as state symbol, 91
tabloid stories, 71-75
Web site, 100
Coleoptera, superheroes, 67
Collections, 147
Collinette, C. L., 23-24
Collins, N. M., 11
Colon rectum, 160
Colorado State University, 167
Combe, William, 250
Compendium of the Biographical Literature on Deceased Entomologists , 154-155
Competitions, insect-related
mosquito calling, 128
Conard, F. D., 178
Confused flour beetle, 24
Congo floor maggots, 35
Copepods, 51
Cornell University, 150, 165-166
Cornell University Press, 219
Corticospinal system damage, 55-56
Cortisone, 7
Courtship rituals
Cruden, D. L., 13
Crush-freak fetishists, 18-20
Cryptobiosis, 47-49
Cultural entomology, 77-81
Curtis, Helena, 51
Cytochrome P450s, 212-213
Daddy longlegs, 147
Dahmer, Jeffrey (Milwaukee Cannibal), 55
Dance, Peter, 174-175
Dancing Naked in the Mind Field , 260
Dangerfield, J. M., 222
Darwin, Charles, 27
Dead-cricket spitting, 43
Dead Kennedys, 80
Deer bot flies, 40-42
Deforestation, and termites, 10, 11
Delcomyn, Fred, 148
DeLong, D., 30
Demodex follicularum, 186
Denke, Karl (Cannibal Landlord), 54
Derham, W., 148
Dethier, Vincent, 148
Devil's Den State Park, 57-59, 247
Diapausing larvae, 5-6
Diceroprocta tibicen, 175
Dicrotendipes thanatogratus, 161, 162
Diiodomethane, 7
Dillon, K. M., 251
Diptera, superheroes, 67
Dismals Canyon, 61
Disney, R., 34
DNA evidence, 260-262
Dodson, Penny, 263
Dolichisme
Donovan, 77
Dragonflies, 17
airspeed, 40-42
giant, 178
mosquito repellers based on, 141-142
state insects, 90
superheroes, 67
Driver education class, 15-16
Drosophila fruit flies
fecundity, 30
in films, 203
proteins, 214
puns, 253
Drugs, illicit, insects as, 123-124
Dufour's gland, 154
Dyar, H. G., 160
Dyaria, 160
Earthworms, 19
Ecology, 215-216
Ecophysiology, 216
Edible insects, 72-73, 120-124
Educating Scientists and Engineers: Grade School to Grad School, 225
Eisemann, C. H., 149
Electronic mosquito repellers, 138-143
Elfant, Sidney, 248
Elizondo, Erika, 19
Elroy Goes Bugzerk, 106
Eltringham, H., 153-154
Eltringham's organs, 153-154
EMF, 103
Emmet, A. M., 159-160
Emperor moth, 39
Encyclopedia of Superheroes, 66
Entomological News, 180
Entomological Society of America, 167, 183, 197-198, 200, 219, 239, 261
Entomologists
authorship laurels, 209-211
childhood influences, 147-148, 238
as cockroaches, 105-110
collaborative research, 209-211
employment opportunities, 104
fame, 154
families, 233
in fictional literature, 187-189
gender perspectives, 155-156, 182-183, 201-204
movie depictions, 189-190, 201-204
musical tastes, 233
naming insect body parts after, 152-156
occupational hazards, 183-185
photographers' perceptions of, 186-187, 194
role-playing games, 105-110
salaries, 195-200
stereotypes of, 70, 186-194, 201-204
superhero potential , 69-70
TV portrayals, 190-193
underrepresentation, 82-83
values of, 198-200
Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, 60
Entomology
acronym use in, 215-217
as an avocation, 155
consolidation with other disciplines, 165-168, 172
courses for nonscientists, 76-81, 122, 262
economic use of, 198-199
Epler, J. H., 161
Eponymous body parts, 152-156
Eruga gutfreundi , 164
Ethidium bromide, 7
Ethology, 215
Etymology, 152
of humbug, 173-174
Eucosma spp.
European brimstone butterfly, 174
European praying mantis, 90
Excrement, insect, 24
Expert witnesses, 261-265
Extreme environments, insect survival in, 48-49
Fake insects, 173
big bug post cards, 176-178
cicada-lanternfly, 175
Papilio ecclipsis, 174
tarantula sea spider, 175-176
“Far Side” cartoons, 50
Feldman, Michael, 150-151
FEMS Microbiology Letters , 253
Ferris, G., 5
Festivals, insect-related, 125-131
Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America , 247
Films
The Absentminded Professor , 231
Beginning of the End, 201-202
BioDome, 189-190
Bug, 103
Creepshow, 102
Damnation Alley, 103
Deranged, 54-55
Dr. No, 50-51
Fierce Creatures, 189
Flesh Feast, 203
Invasion of the Bee Girls , 203
Joe's Apartment , 100-102, 103
Jurassic Park, 232
Meet the Applegates , 103
Monster on the Campus , 232
The Nest, 102
Nightmare on Elm Street IV, 103
The Nutty Professor , 231
Pacific Heights, 103
Psycho, 55
She Devil, 203
shinbone alley, 101-102
Smush, 19
Texas Chainsaw Massacre , 54-55
Them, 201
Time Capsule, 103
Twilight of the Cockroaches, 102
Wasp Woman, 202
Fire ants, 128
Flaming Lips, 80
Flat-headed boring beetle, 18
Flatulence, insect, 8-14
Flies, 30
air speed, 40-42
games related to, 86
pulling wings off, 147
Flint, W. P., 29
Florentine Codex, The, 13
Florichisme, 159
Florida A&M 167
Flying pansy, 89
Fondufe, Gwen, 122
Food Insects Newsletter, 121
Formica herculanea, 170
Ford, Harrison, 232
Formica rufa, 170
Fraenkel, Gottfried, 148
Franz, Arthur, 232
Free will, 150-151
Freshman misconceptions, 230-237
Fuiman, L. A., 249-250
Fulgora lanternaria, 175
Fungus gnat maggot, 59-60
Gabe's organ, 154
Games, insect-related
computer-based, 105-110
Gamow, George, 245-246
Gary, Norman, 43-44
Gaston, K.J., 250
Gastrin II, 74
Gauld, I. D., 164
Gein, “Weird Old Eddie,”
General Electric Research Laboratory, 41
Genetic disorders, 255-259
Georgia Tech Yellowjacket, 136
Gilbert, Pamela, 155
Girault, Alexander Arsene, 198
Glands of Philippi, 154
Global climate change, 9
Glowworm Grotto, 60
Glowworm Tunnel, 59
Glowworms, 57-62
Glycerol, 49
Godzilliidae, 163
Godzillius, 163
Goldman, Sylvan Nathan, 260
Goliathus spp.
G. druryi
G. goliathus, 40
G. meliagris, 40
G. regius, 40
Gomphid dragonflies, 17
Gonepteryx rhamni, 174
Gore, Al, 227
Gould, Steven J., 219
Grabbin' Grasshoppers, 85
Greenberg, J. P., 10-11
Gregory, R. D., 250
Groening, Matt, 191
Ground beetles, 51
Guarvez, Roberto, 72
Guillotin, J. I., 153
Guinness Book of World Records
human accomplishments with insects, 42-44
insect records, 39-42
Gutfreund, John, 164
Guthörl, P., 163
Gypsy moth, 67
Haarman, Fritz (Butcher of Hannover), 54
Hackstein, J. H. P., 12
Haddon, William, 74
Hagedorn, Henry, 150
Hagenius brevistylus, 17
Hahnemann, Samuel, 95
Hammer, P. E., 253
Hammock, B. D., 209
Hanna, William, 224-225
Hanstrom's organ, 154
Harris, Thomas, 188-189
Harrison, R. J., 182
Hart, Rhonda Wassingham, 20
Harvard University Educational Technology Center, 225
Hatfield, Juliana, 103
Haupt, Hermann, 163
Hayes, W. P., 196
Health class, 15
Heerz lukenatcha, 160
Heerz tooya, 160
Hemiptera
systematics, 159
Hennig, Willi, 170
Herodotus, 54
Herrick, G.W., 28-29
Heston, Charlton, 190-191
Heterochroa californica, 89
Hexapod Herald, 147
Hickory Crawdads, 134
Hicks' bottles, 154
Hinton, H. E., 48
Holman, G. Mark, 74
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 250
Holt, V. M., 123
Homeopathic medicine, 95
films, 203
stamp, 128-129
Horsfall, William, 210
House Fly—Disease Carrier, 27
Howard, L. O., 27, 28, 52, 197-198
Hudson, G.V., 60
Human bot flies, 35
Human flea, 96
Human follicle mite, 186
Human orifices, insects in, 31-37, 43-44, 61-62
Human spinal nerves, 245
Humor
biological roots of, 252-253
health-enhancing effects, 251-252
measuring, 251-252
pun gene, 253-254
Hurter, J., 210
Hydrocortisone, 7
Hydrogen production, 10
Hymenopterans, superheroes, 66-67
Hyperbilirubinemia, 255-256
Ice-T, 191
Illicit plants, insects attacking, 21-25
Illingworth, J. F., 198-199
Illustrated London News, 41
Insect Expo, 43
Insect Fear Film Festival, 19, 102
Insect Life, 52
Insect World Digest, 182
Institute for Scientific Information, 207
Internet, entomological information, 99-100
Introduced species, 89-90
I.W.D. Engineering, 222
Jesus Lizard, 80
Jigger fleas, 35
Johnson, Lawrence, 197
Johnson, M. W., 36
Johnston, Christopher, 153
Johnston's organs, 153
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, 78
Jordan, D. S., 27
Journal of Economic Entomology, 210-211
Journal of Experimental Biology, 249
Juke Bar, 103
Julodimorpha bakewell, 18
Junxia, Wang, 93
Kahle, J. B., 82
Kaneto, K., 34
Karner blue butterfly, 91-92
Kearfoot, W. D., 158
Keefe, Mike, 21
Keeling, M., 250
Kellogg, V. L., 27
Kern, Jim, 132
Khalil, M. A. K., 10
Killer bees, 187
Kirkaldy, G.W., 159
Killion, Carl, Jr., 128-129
Kurahashi, H., 34
La cucaracha, 160
La paloma, 160
Lactic acid, 7
Lacy, R. S., 197
Lake, Veronica, 203
Lalapa lusa, 159
Langmuir, Irving, 41-42
Lanternfly, 175
Latreille's segment, 154
Leaves of Grass, 25
Leonardo davincii, 160
Lepidoptera
misclassifications, 169
Leucophaea maderae, 74
Leukosulfakinin, 74
Levine, Milton, 45-46
Lewis, Jerry, 231
Lidocaine spray, 32-34
Life-prolonging substances, 7
Lifton, Bernice, 20
Lightning bugs, 147
Limburger attractants, 222-223
Lind, Bob, 77
Ling, Nicholas, 74
Linnaeus, Carolus, 174
Linsely, E. Gorton, 5
Literature citations, multiauthor papers, 208-211
Locomotion studies, 148-149
Locusts, 39, 113, 123, 201-202
Long, Lewis, 92
Longevity
of entomologists, 180-185, 202
of insects, 3-7
Lorquin Entomological Society of Los Angeles, 88-89
Lorquin's admiral, 89
Loudon, J. C., 175
Louis, Antoine, 153
Love Bug, 141
Lubbock Crickets, 134
Lubbock, John (Lord Avebury), 4-5, 7
Lund, V. J., 35
Lycaeides melissa samuelis, 91-92
Lycaenid butterfly pupae, 48
Lytta vesicatoria, 97
Mace, Fred, 60
MacLeod, Ellis, 163
MacMurray, Fred, 231
Maeng-Kah-Reaung, 61-62
Magazine of Natural History, 175-176
Maggots
in films, 203
in human orifices, 34-37, 61-62
luminescent, 59-60
metaphors, 222
Malpighian tubules, 153
Malumbia caterpillars, 21-25
Man, 182-183
Mantis carolina, 52
Mantisfly, 154
Mantispa styriaca, 154
Margarodes vitium, 5
Marichisme, 159
Marijuana, 24-25
Markovetz, A.J., 13
Marquis de Sade, 97
Marquis, Don, 102
Marshall, E. G., 102
Mascot insects, 133-137
Masturbation, insect metaphors for, 222
Matthews, Marcus, 222
McDonald's, 228
Meat Is Murder: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture,
Meclofenoxalate, 7
Medicinal insects, 93-98
Megaselia kurahashii, 34-35
Melanoplus spretus, 39
Melvin the Motorized Looney Gooney Bird, 85
Memoires de Biospéologie, 154
Mendez, Ray, 101
Merian, Maria Sibylle, 175
Merritt, David, 59
Messersmith, D. H., 182
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 175
Metcalf, C. L., 29
Methane production, 9-12
Meyrich, E., 60
Microdon, 169-171
Millar, T. P., 252
Millipedes, 14
luminescent, 62
Milner-Gulland, E. J., 250
Mixed function oxidases, 212
Mnemonic devices
bird calls, 247
human spinal nerves, 245
Moh scale of hardness, 246
naughty, 245-247
spelling and grammar, 243-244
star classifications, 245-246
taxonomic hierarchy, 246-247
tree families, 245
trigonometric functions, 244-245
Mnemosyne, 243
Modern Maturity Magazine, 19
Moffet, Don, 178
Moh scale of hardness, 246
Moltron III, 139
Monarch butterfly, 90
Montagna, W., 182
Monty Python, 100
Monuments, 113
Morales, Santiago, 71-72
Morgan, Darin, 192-194
Morris, J. G., 197
Mosquitoes, 25, 67, 68, 91, 113, 132, 210
electronic repellers, 138-143
eponymous body parts, 153
festivals, 128
free will, 150-151
Limburger attractants, 222-223
Mosugelo, D. K., 222
“The Moth,”
Motion sickness, 238-242
Motyxia sp., 62
Movies.
See Films;
Television
Mr. Mouth, The Feed the Frog Game, 84-85
Muller, Elisabeth, 72-73
Muller, Werner, 73
Murdock, John, 197
Music.
See Songs
Mycetophilid fungus gnat, 60-61
Myrmeleon nostras, 154
Nabert's organ, 154
Nachman, Ronald, 74
Naked Lunch, 103
Naked mole rats, 122
Nanichisme, 159
Nasal myiasis, 35-36
National Enquirer, 163-164
National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, 100
Naturalist, 238
Neill, Sam, 232
Nematodes, 48
Neufeld, Peter, 261
Neumoegen, B., 160
Neuroscience Letters, 253
Neurotoxins, 240-241
Neutrophil elastase, 257
New Mexico State University, 167
New York Post, 19
New York Times, 41
Newell, Wilmon, 210-211
Nine-Inch-Nails, 103
99 Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers, 195
Nitao, James, 147
No Trend, 80
Nolan, Maxsy, 190-191
Nolch, G., 222
Noriega, Manuel, 143
Novak, Margaret, 161
Nux vomica, 95
Obsession, 78
Ochisme, 159
Odonata, superheroes, 67
Oestrid bot flies, 35-36, 40-42
Oestrus ovis, 35-36
Office of Technology Assessment, 225
Oldroyd, H., 28
One-hour midge, 7
Oregon swallowtail, 90
Organ of Berlese, 156
Organ of Ribaga, 156
Oriental cockroach, 95-96
Orphelia (=Platyura) fultoni,
Ortiz de Montellano, Paul, 213
Osten-Sacken, C. R., 60-61
Ostracods, 48
Owl louse, 161
Ozark big-eared bat, 58
Pain perception, 149
Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 24
Panama canalia, 160
Pansy Division, 80
Papilio sp.
P. coccajus , 169
P. ecclipsis , 174
P. polyxenes, 213
P. rhamni, 174
Parmula cocciformis, 170
Partnership for a Drug-Free America, 119-120, 122, 124
Partridge, E., 222
Partsch, C. J., 209
Passoa, Steve, 150
Pate, V. S. L., 159
People Magazine, 207
Periplaneta americana, 12
Peterson, Roger Tory, 247
Phalloblaster, 22
Phelan, M. J., 36
Phthiria relativitae, 160
Phylloxera, festival of, 128
Phylogenetic Systematics, 170
Physico-Theology, 148
Phytochemistry, 24
Piedmont Boll Weevils, 134
Pimpline ichneumonid, 164
Pincatl, 13
Pison eyvae, 160
Pitzalis, A., 154
Plant lice, 128
Plecotus townsendii ingens, 58
Pleomothra, 163
Pogonomyrmex harvester ants, 46
Politically correct insects, 88-92
Polychisme, 159
Polymerase chain reaction, 260-261
Polypedilum vanderplanki, 48-49
Polyphemus moth larvae, 39
Polysubstrate monooxygenases, 212
Pope Innocent XII, 153
Porter, Cathy, 264
Potato bugs, 113
Powell, Jerry, 5
Praying mantids
giant alien, 190
state insects, 90
Prehistory of the Far Side, 161
Prescott, Peter, 219
Presley, Elvis, 77
Professors, freshman misconceptions about, 230-237
Pseudomonas fluorescens, 253
Pubic lice, 80-81
Pulex irritans, 96
Puns, 248-254
Purdue University, 43
Pyralid moths, 160
Quayle, Dan, 25
Queenan, Joe, 227
Quinn, R. M., 250
Ranger Rick Magazine, 38
Rasmussen, R.A., 10-11
Rats, reflexive erections in, 55-56
Records. See Guinness Book of World Records
Red flour beetle, 24
Remipede crustaceans, 161, 163
Renwick, Alan, 210
Reproductive habits of insects, 16-18, 50-56, 156
Research funding, politics of, 25, 143, 216-217
Reviewer criticisms, 218-221
Rhagoletis cerasi, 210
Rhinoceros beetle, 39
Riley, C.V., 52
Rivier, Laurent, 24
Rochlingia hitleri, 163
Rodolia cardinalis, 29-30
Roeder, Kenneth, 53
Rotello, L., 33-34
Russell Reserve, 5
Rydell, Bobby, 80
Sagan, Carl, 228
Salt Lake City Buzz, 134, 135-137
Salt Lake Tribune, 136
Sands, W. A., 11
Savannah Sand Gnats, 134
Scabies, 262-265
Scale, 170
Scarab beetles, 67
Scepasma europea, 163
Schafhirt, C. J., 197
Scheck, Barry, 261
Schiffermüller, 169
Schittek, A., 31
Schlotthauber, 170
Schneider's organ, 154
Science, 52, 74-75, 195, 214-215, 240
Science literacy, 224-229
Scientific (Latin) names See Systematics.
Scientific Names of British Lepidoptera: Their History and Meaning , 159
The Scientist, 207-209
Scientists
longevity comparisons, 182
as superheroes, 69-70
Scorpion, 51
farm, 117-118
mascot, 134
Scottsdale Scorpions, 134
Sea monkeys, 45-49
Semper's rib, 154
Sexual cannibalism, 50-56
Sharma, H., 35
Sheep nasal bot fly, 35-36
Shloop, 34
Shufeldt, R. W., 197
Silence of the Lambs, 188-189
Simonides the Younger, 243
Situational Humor Response Questionnaire, 251
Sivinski, J. M., 16
Slater, James, 111
Smell, insect sense of, 39
Smith, Mark, 135
Smoking, 258-259
Snails, 169-170
Snodgrass, R. E., 154
Snowfleas, 133
Soil feeders, 12
Songs and music videos, 77-81, 103, 113-114
Addicted to Spuds, 113
Animotion, 78
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, 113
Birds and the Bees, 77
Black Hole Sun, 103
Blue Monkey, 103
Bugs, 80
Bumble Boogie, 80
Butterfly Baby, 80
Closer, 103
Crabby Day, 80
Dare To Be Stupid, 113
Deep Space, 103
Elusive Butterfly of Love, 77
First There Is a Mountain, 77
Fly on the Wall, 80
Funny Little Butterflies, 80
Good Old Days, 113
Hey There Little Insect, 78
The Home Improvement Song, 113
I Am the Fly, 80
I Got Stung, 77
I See You, 103
Jurassic Park, 113
King Bee, 78
Let's Lynch the Landlord, 80
Lies, 103
Mindless Little Insects/Too Many Humans, 80
Moth in the Incubator, 80
Mother's Little Helper, 249
One of Those Days, 113
Slime Creatures from Outer Space, 113
Spanish Flea, 77
Sugar Bee, 80
A Taste of Honey, 77
That Boy Could Dance, 113
Tsetse Fly, 78
Wild Honey, 77
Sound, insect repellers based on, 138-143
Soundgarden, 103
Spanishfly, 96-98
Speed of insects
airspeed, 40-42
Spider Wars, 84
games related to, 84
mascots, 133-134
pulling legs off, 147
in songs, 113
Splat, 84-85
Sports
mascot insects, 133-137
nuisance insects, 132-133
Stamps with insects, 112, 128-129
Standard Homeopathic, 95
Stanford collection, 4
Star classifications, 245-246
State insects, 88-92
Steele, L. P., 11
Stenasellid isopods, 154
Stenopelmatid crickets, 38-39
Stereotypes of entomologists
gender, 201-204
professional, 70, 186-194, 231
Stewart, Alonzo H., 197
Stings, 46
Street value of insects, 24
Strength of insects, 39, 67-68
Strigiphilus garylarsoni, 161
Stumm, C. K., 12
Subpoenas, 262-265
Sucker-footed bats, 122
Suncus murinus, 241
Superdough Sparklin' Butterfly Maker, 86
Superhero insects, 65-70
Swarm, 188
Sweet, Matthew, 103
Syrphid fly, 169-171
Systema Naturae, 174
Systematics
auctioning rights to name species, 163-164
culturally relevant names, 161-164
frivolity in, 159-161
rhyming names, 158
rules for naming, 159, 160, 163
Tabanus nippontuki, 160-161
Tabanus rhizonshine, 160-161
Tabloid tales
cockroaches, 71-75
fireflies, 164
and science literacy, 229
systematics auction, 163-164
Takuwan, 35
Tarantulas, 66, 68, 70, 84, 113, 202, 203
Taxonomy
classification difficulties, 168-169
hierarchy, 246-247
Microdon controversy, 169-171
Television
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 50
Life on Earth, 228
Magic School Bus, 228
science programming, 224-229
Space Ghost Coast-2-Coast, 190
stereotypes of scientists, 190-193, 231
The X-Files, 191-194
Tenth International Congress of Entomology, 94
edible, 122
puns, 253
in songs, 113
toilet roll baits, 222
Terwen, Maria, 72
Texas Tech, 167
Third International Mathematics and Science Study, 226
Thompson, Jim, 91
Tick's Giant Circus of the Mighty, 66
Ticks, 31
state insect, 92
superhero, 65-66
Tinorau, Tane, 60
Tiphiid wasp, 159
Titter rats, 253
To Know a Fly, 148
Toilet roll baits, 222
Tomosvary's organ, 154
Torres, Jorge, 73
Townesilitus, 160
Toxic insects, 97-98
Traub, Robert, 111
Tree families, 245
Treisman, Michel, 240-241
Triamcinolone, 7
Tribolium castaneum, 17-18, 24
Tribolium confusum, 24
Trigonometric functions, 244-245
Tullimonstrum gregarium, 91
Tully monster, 91
TV Guide, 227
Ultrasonic necklace mosquito repeller, 140
University of Delaware, 167
University of Florida, 167
University of Georgia, 190
University of Idaho, 167
University of Illinois, 148, 154
accomplishments of faculty, 235
Alumni Foundation, 138
entomology programs, 167-168, 171-172
University of Illinois Press, 195
University of Queensland, 59
University of Tennessee, 167
University of Wyoming, 167
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Pest Program, 25
U.S. National Museum Systematic Entomology Laboratory, 159
Vedalia ladybird beetle, 29-30
Vegetarian Times, 95
Verae peculya, 160
Vesica everter, 222
Vespa crabro, 96
Vilencia, Jeff, 19-20
Vitamin E, 7
von Braunhut, Harold, 46
Wacko the Cockroach, 84
Wahl, David, 164
Waitomo Caves, 60
Waldbauer, Gilbert, 216
Wall of Voodoo, 78
Warren, J., 33-34
Waschler, Bill, 264
Water bears, 49
Water fleas, 48
Waxworms, 122
Web of Gold, 84
Weekly World News, 72-73, 164, 229
Ween, 81
Weevils, 157-158
Weisman's ring, 154
Wells, H.G., 187-188
Whitman, Slim, 115
Whitman, Walt, 25
Why Students Leave
Wigglesworth, V.B., 149
Wilson, Edward O., 238
Winter stoneflies, 133
Wire, 80
Wood, T.G., 11
Wood feeders, 12
Woodboring beetles, 5
Woolly bear caterpillars, 126
Woolly Worm festival, 126
Worms, 168
Xenobiotics, 212
Xunxia, Qu, 93
Yankovic, "Weird Al,"
Yellow fever mosquito, 222-223
Ytu brutus
,Yucca moths, 5-6
Yuswasdi, C., 61
Zangerl, Rainer, 170
Zerene eurydice
,Zimmerman, Anna, 54
Zimmerman, P.R., 9-11
Zitter rats, 253-254
Zoological Society of London, 159
Zootermopsis augusticollis, 10, 11
Zorak, 190
Zunren. Ma.
Zyzzyva sp., 158