Bug Faire - Fall 2009
On 8 December 2009, Dr. Carl Barfield's Fall 2009 "Bugs and People" Course (ENY 1001) was responsible for another insect infestion on the University of Florida's Turlington Plaza. Below are just a sampling of the pests and their hosts (bug food) that appeared there.
Quick! Where's the insecticide?
Bees-a-buzzing!
It took some work to produce the wings on these butterflies.
A real creepy-crawly type.
A man-killer — the black widow spider.
Dr. Barfield and students.
Miss Clothes Moth.
Little Miss Muffet and friends.
A feast fit for a parasitoid.
If only all caterpillars were this tasty.
More bees and ??
Uh... None for me, thank you.
Are dung balls an appetizer or dessert?
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Return to the December 2009 issue.
