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Unlike all other blow flies native to the Western Hemisphere, the New World screwworm feeds on the flesh of living animals, rather than dead ones, said Dr. Phillip Kaufman, a professor and head of the department of entomology at Texas A&M University.
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Sammy Ramsey, a professor of entomology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Brian Byrd, a professor of environmental health sciences at Western Carolina University, share some of these tactics, which Life Kit has turned into a quiz.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 8 July 2025
Raising hundreds of millions of flies In one sense, raising a large colony of flies is relatively easy, said Cassandra Olds, an assistant professor of entomology at Kansas State University.
—CBS News, 2 July 2025
In a June 20 article on Buckeye Yard & Garden Online, a publication of the OSU Extension, Joe Boggs, professor of entomology, wrote that the damage caused to trees by cicadas is mainly aesthetic.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Sammy Ramsey, a professor of entomology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Brian Byrd, a professor of environmental health sciences at Western Carolina University, share some of these tactics, which Life Kit has turned into a quiz.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 8 July 2025
Raising hundreds of millions of flies In one sense, raising a large colony of flies is relatively easy, said Cassandra Olds, an assistant professor of entomology at Kansas State University.
—CBS News, 2 July 2025
In a June 20 article on Buckeye Yard & Garden Online, a publication of the OSU Extension, Joe Boggs, professor of entomology, wrote that the damage caused to trees by cicadas is mainly aesthetic.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Entomology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomology. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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entomology
noun
en·to·mol·o·gy
ˌent-ə-ˈmäl-ə-jē 
plural entomologies
: a branch of zoology that deals with insects
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