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  1. BugGuide.net by twinkie_away · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Do Citizen Science Platforms Exist? (arstechnica.com)

    There is https://bugguide.net/ which tracks the ecology and distribution of insects. Volunteers submit insect photographs which are identified and categorized and mapped.

  2. Re:The market can handle this by jbengt · · Score: 1 · on Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs (npr.org)

    Bees aren't native to North America . . .

    wrong

  3. FTFY by drainbramage · · Score: 2 · on Open Source Beehives Designed To Help Save Honeybee Colonies

    No native American plants require honey bees for pollination..
    Many native American plants require do require bees for pollination but the imported (and possibly undocumented) European bees just don't do the job.
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    See Native Bees of North America: http://bugguide.net/node/view/475348

  4. Re: discovering a species of fly by sciencecomedian · · Score: 5, Informative · on Stand-Up Comic Makes Science Funny

    Correction: I didn't discover a new species of fly - but I did take a picture that may be the first known occurrence of a particular species in this part of the world (the Nearctic): http://bugguide.net/node/view/21487 (but it's a species known in other parts of the world)

  5. BugGuide.net by mikeboone · · Score: 2, Informative · on Earth's Species To Be Cataloged On the Web

    Take a good picture and post the bug image to BugGuide!

  6. Re:Better mosquitoes by Assassin+bug · · Score: 1 · on GM Mosquito Could Fight Malaria

    Sterile male production worked so well with some of the blow flies because only one male can mate with a female (the male deposits an obstruction during mating). I'm not sure the same is true for malaria mosquito vectors.

  7. Re:Back to the future by Assassin+bug · · Score: 1 · on Using Lasers to Speed Computer Data

    Yes, but not all insects are bugs (an enlightened term reserved for the suborder Heteroptera); therefore a more appropriate terminology would be needed. Maybe disinfest? ;o)

  8. more about fungi and ants by bodrell · · Score: 5, Informative · on Wasp Larvae Feed on Zombie Roaches
    I also immediately thought of the ant fungus when I read the article summary. Here's some more information about the order Entomophthorales, which exclusively infect insects. I found a pdf that gives a little more background information on them.

    I should point out that the fungus in question might actually be a species of Cordyceps rather than Entomophthorales. There's a cool photo of a beetle that was killed by a parasitic fungus at bugguide.net.