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Common names of insects and related arthropods were formally recognized in the United States in the early 20th century to help bridge communication between those who study insects and those who don’t. However, not all common names accepted over the past 120 years align with the goal of better communication; instead of acting as bridges, some act as barriers. ESA’s… Read More »Breaking Barriers in Entomology: The Better Common Names Project

Tanja Bohinc and Stanislav Trdan (University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty)have detected egg clusters of gipsy moth in a deciduous forest between the villagesNedelica and Dobrovnik. Location (46.62493, 16.3495) is called Ginjevec. Eggclusters were mainly found on the trunks of oaks and beeches. We would liketo thank Mr. Drago Trajber (Slovenia Forest Service) for suggesting the location. Map Press here for… Read More »Occurrence of gypsy moth in North-Eastern Slovenia