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Paul Marek
Department of Entomology
Virginia Tech (MC0319)
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Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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Gorongosa National Park
Last week, I returned from a field trip to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. This trip included field work to collect millipedes in Gorongosa National Park and a two-week workshop on arthropod macrophotography. Doratogonus sp. (Spirostreptida) from Chitengo Campsite, Gorongosa … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, fieldwork, millipede, Mozambique, photography
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Parasitoid wasps
Parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae (genus Asobara) Parasitoid wasp in the family Pteromalidae (genus Pachycrepoideus) Jamie Wahls, grad student in Tom Kuhar’s Vegetable Entomology Lab @ VT, visited our lab again with some of his fascinating parasitoid wasps. These … Continue reading
millipede from Blacksburg, VA
Appalachioria separanda calcaria (Blacksburg, VA) Here’s a local cyanide-producing millipede from near Virginia Tech’s campus. In 1959, William Keeton (then a student at VT) described this species based on specimens collected from Blacksburg, Riner and Radford, Virginia. This species is … Continue reading
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Tagged Appalachia, Appalachioria, arthropods, cyanide, millipede, photography
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Tiny scelionid wasp
Parasitic wasp in the family Scelionidae (Telenomus Gryon sp.) Thanks István! 😉 James Wilson, graduate student here in the Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech working in Tom Kuhar’s Vegetable Entomology Lab, recently visited our lab with some of his … Continue reading