tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post3396113444905000793..comments2024-03-28T06:50:11.258-05:00Comments on Bug Eric: Can "Enting" Be a Thing?Bug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-29280487773987363542022-12-16T16:48:40.156-06:002022-12-16T16:48:40.156-06:00People are assholes, & that stigma will probab...People are assholes, & that stigma will probably always be at least somewhat present. But I've found that ignoring the idiots, & being patient with the confused, if curious, is a good place to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-64974352234964193932022-12-16T16:46:08.978-06:002022-12-16T16:46:08.978-06:00If she is capable enough to rear them, & she i...If she is capable enough to rear them, & she isn't messing with known endangered species, I see literally no problem with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-70374437880480460372019-10-04T11:46:20.534-05:002019-10-04T11:46:20.534-05:00Thank you for the compliment, and for the links!Thank you for the compliment, and for the links!Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-35591220940076979262019-10-03T18:48:04.967-05:002019-10-03T18:48:04.967-05:00The National Park Service has been conducting Biob...The National Park Service has been conducting Bioblitz events for several years now. Maybe good science, but definitely good fun and it brings quite a few people into the fold. A review article:<br />https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272168795_The_Bioblitz_Good_science_good_outreach_good_fun <br />Here at the University of Arizona, we have the annual Arizona Insect Festival that brings in Ken Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404651878911703871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-14291555940264787962019-09-25T15:01:32.309-05:002019-09-25T15:01:32.309-05:00We don't have to have *any* name for it, but I...We don't have to have *any* name for it, but I do find "bugging" a bit demeaning in some way, like it is "beneath" some other person's pursuit of vertebrates, if not a waste of time completely. I was bullied a fair amount as a kid for my interest in insects (a "sissy" thing to some of my peers), and even as an adult I would get random derisive comments from Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-89566486934796093842019-09-23T18:25:19.371-05:002019-09-23T18:25:19.371-05:00I ent all the time -as much as weather cooperates....I ent all the time -as much as weather cooperates. so I'll adopt "enting" as an answer for anyone asking me what I am doing. And, we do need a common name for all of the ents. I am told that "eyes glaze over" when I use Scientific names. but common names suffer from differences between regions and wouldn't a standardized common name suffer a similar fate as the Anthophorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506865246088932399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-38871263129013851592019-09-23T12:53:07.075-05:002019-09-23T12:53:07.075-05:00I've been taking people "beeing" for...I've been taking people "beeing" for quite awhile now—they love it!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089476068342640835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-49791965180002841992019-09-22T22:35:40.798-05:002019-09-22T22:35:40.798-05:00I just returned from the backyard with my son (9) ...I just returned from the backyard with my son (9) who was describing the behavior of all the spiders and insects, and was lamenting that he couldn't be nocturnal too. I would love to see resources and ideas to encourage his enting. Thanks for the commentary.Jonathan Ellingsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805060646125884020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-3343018022349700132019-09-22T19:16:43.226-05:002019-09-22T19:16:43.226-05:00Hmmm. Eric, let me know if this would be an ethica...Hmmm. Eric, let me know if this would be an ethical form of enting: a woman just told me that she brings caterpillars - and eggs if she finds any - to her indoor mesh "cage". She feeds and raises them til they emerge as a butterfly,then lets them go. Is this acceptable?lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314922311077112950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-20144337987108451862019-09-22T17:31:27.682-05:002019-09-22T17:31:27.682-05:00I once read a very interesting thoughtful article ...I once read a very interesting thoughtful article about the lack of common names - Is it the egg or the hen when it comes to public interest? Are there no names because the public is disinterested? For that argument speaks that pretty, popular insect groups like Butterflies and Odes have common names and a gremium that regulates them. Also, countries with a more insekt-interested populace, like Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.com