Entomologist
noun
A scientist who studies insects.
The entomologist discovered a new species of butterfly in the rainforest.
Often appears as...
- professional entomologist
- amateur entomologist
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A scientist who studies insects.
The entomologist discovered a new species of butterfly in the rainforest.
Often appears as...
- professional entomologist
- amateur entomologist
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Profession
Entomologists are specialized scientists, not to be confused with general biologists or ecologists.
She studied biology, but she's specifically an entomologist focusing on ant behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Insect Diversity
Entomologists study all insects, which include bees, beetles, butterflies, and many more varieties.
The entomologist gave a lecture on the diversity of insects found in tropical rainforests.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Field
The term is often used in academic and research contexts, rather than in everyday conversation.
At the university, the entomology department works on researching mosquito-borne diseases.
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Profession
Entomologists are specialized scientists, not to be confused with general biologists or ecologists.
She studied biology, but she's specifically an entomologist focusing on ant behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Insect Diversity
Entomologists study all insects, which include bees, beetles, butterflies, and many more varieties.
The entomologist gave a lecture on the diversity of insects found in tropical rainforests.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Field
The term is often used in academic and research contexts, rather than in everyday conversation.
At the university, the entomology department works on researching mosquito-borne diseases.
Pro Tip 1/3Specialized Profession
Entomologists are specialized scientists, not to be confused with general biologists or ecologists.
She studied biology, but she's specifically an entomologist focusing on ant behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Insect Diversity
Entomologists study all insects, which include bees, beetles, butterflies, and many more varieties.
The entomologist gave a lecture on the diversity of insects found in tropical rainforests.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Field
The term is often used in academic and research contexts, rather than in everyday conversation.
At the university, the entomology department works on researching mosquito-borne diseases.
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
And I went up there for a meeting, and I showed them some of the images that I'd been shooting, and they could see the kind of detail I was able to get. I don't think they'd ever really seen anything quite like it before, and from that point forward, they gave me open access to their entire collection and the assistance of Dr. James Hogan, their entomologist.
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Beauty Through the...
museum were excited to see these pictures I don't think they've seen anything quite like them before certainly not at this scale and not in this amount of detail now when I saw an entomologist excited about these images and they see a lot of pictures of insects you know anyways onto a good thing
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Vampire Moths Discovered...
provide a nutritional boost to young larvae that feed on leaf rich but sodium poor diets she also notes that some researchers hypothesized blood feeding evolved from animal related behaviors such as feeding on tears dung and pus filled wounds entomologist Chris nice
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Vampire Moths Discovered...
provide a nutritional boost to young larvae that feed on leaf rich but sodium poor diets she also notes that some researchers hypothesized blood feeding evolved from animal related behaviors such as feeding on tears dung and pus filled wounds entomologist Chris nice
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Lifesaving scientific...
The world map for where mosquitoes are is missing. So we started thinking about this. There are 3,500 species of mosquitoes, and they're all very similar. Some of them are so identical that even an entomologist cannot identify them under a microscope.
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Army Ants, Orchids and...
years and also these horrendous things happening to frogs around the world as many species are declining in numbers I've looked for all kinds of things over time it's not fair to be an entomologist and being you know impressed by size but still I did
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Jae Rhim Lee: My...
It's also a step towards taking responsibility for my own burden on the planet. Growing a mushroom is also part of a larger practice of cultivating decomposing organisms called decompiculture, a concept that was developed by an entomologist,
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People, Plants and...
yes I am an entomologist and I know a lot of you think that's strange but I hope I'll convince you by the end of the 15 minutes I'm allotted that insects are actually the creatures that do run the world and that are truly truly wonderful
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Killer Bees! PIPE National...
their fragile world has been invaded by an alien species from Africa the result of a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong one man entomologist David Rubik believes he's imported African bees are
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The human and the...
I know, insects, it's really weird, but bear with me. Now, I am an entomologist. I confess to that. And, when I look at the planet, the reason I'm an entomologist
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
And I went up there for a meeting, and I showed them some of the images that I'd been shooting, and they could see the kind of detail I was able to get. I don't think they'd ever really seen anything quite like it before, and from that point forward, they gave me open access to their entire collection and the assistance of Dr. James Hogan, their entomologist.
Video examples
Beauty Through the...
museum were excited to see these pictures I don't think they've seen anything quite like them before certainly not at this scale and not in this amount of detail now when I saw an entomologist excited about these images and they see a lot of pictures of insects you know anyways onto a good thing
Video examples
Vampire Moths Discovered...
provide a nutritional boost to young larvae that feed on leaf rich but sodium poor diets she also notes that some researchers hypothesized blood feeding evolved from animal related behaviors such as feeding on tears dung and pus filled wounds entomologist Chris nice
Video examples
Vampire Moths Discovered...
provide a nutritional boost to young larvae that feed on leaf rich but sodium poor diets she also notes that some researchers hypothesized blood feeding evolved from animal related behaviors such as feeding on tears dung and pus filled wounds entomologist Chris nice
Video examples
Lifesaving scientific...
The world map for where mosquitoes are is missing. So we started thinking about this. There are 3,500 species of mosquitoes, and they're all very similar. Some of them are so identical that even an entomologist cannot identify them under a microscope.
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
years and also these horrendous things happening to frogs around the world as many species are declining in numbers I've looked for all kinds of things over time it's not fair to be an entomologist and being you know impressed by size but still I did
Video examples
Jae Rhim Lee: My...
It's also a step towards taking responsibility for my own burden on the planet. Growing a mushroom is also part of a larger practice of cultivating decomposing organisms called decompiculture, a concept that was developed by an entomologist,
Video examples
People, Plants and...
yes I am an entomologist and I know a lot of you think that's strange but I hope I'll convince you by the end of the 15 minutes I'm allotted that insects are actually the creatures that do run the world and that are truly truly wonderful
Video examples
Killer Bees! PIPE National...
their fragile world has been invaded by an alien species from Africa the result of a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong one man entomologist David Rubik believes he's imported African bees are
Video examples
The human and the...
I know, insects, it's really weird, but bear with me. Now, I am an entomologist. I confess to that. And, when I look at the planet, the reason I'm an entomologist
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Geoffrey Hinton
British Psychologist
My father was an entomologist who believed in continental drift. In the early '50s, that was regarded as nonsense. It was in the mid-'50s that it came back. Someone had thought of it 30 or 40 years earlier named Alfred Wegener, and he never got to see it come back.
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Jean Craighead George
American Writer
I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.
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Jeff Vandermeer
American Writer
My dad is an entomologist and research chemist. That's why he was in Fiji, studying the rhinoceros beetle invasive species.
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Geoffrey Hinton
British Psychologist
My father was an entomologist who believed in continental drift. In the early '50s, that was regarded as nonsense. It was in the mid-'50s that it came back. Someone had thought of it 30 or 40 years earlier named Alfred Wegener, and he never got to see it come back.
Quote examples
Jean Craighead George
American Writer
I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.
Quote examples
Jeff Vandermeer
American Writer
My dad is an entomologist and research chemist. That's why he was in Fiji, studying the rhinoceros beetle invasive species.
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