ALT Adult female American dog tick, species Dermacentor variabilis, on screen as seen from inside the house. Photo credit: Dr. Elliott Zieman - Eastern Illinois University.

ALT Adult female American dog tick, species Dermacentor variabilis, on screen as seen from outside the house. Photo credit: Dr. Elliott Zieman - Eastern Illinois University.

ALT Adult female American dog tick, species Dermacentor variabilis, securely contained in vial. Photo credit: Dr. Elliott Zieman - Eastern Illinois University.

ALT Jeff Tomberlin as Prometheus

ALT Jeff Tomberlin as Prometheus

ALT Jeff Tomberlin as Prometheus

ALT In case folks haven’t yet experienced this classic single sentence article. Author: Reid Moran Year of publication: 1960 Journal: Madroño Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Title: Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles Text: I got it there then (8068) Followed by an extensive Acknowledgements section

ALT Scene from movie “Lilo & Stitch” with one alien explaining to another that the Earth is a protected preserve for endangered mosquito populations. Subtitle says: “Earth is a protected wildlife preserve. Yeah. We’ve been using it to rebuild the mosquito population which, need I remind you, is an endangered species!”

ALT A picture of exterior Park Royal hotel in Singapore with lush greenery draped all over the facade Words saying “Some see beautiful green architecture while I see…Mosquito Habitats” With red arrows pointing to all the first places I’d look for mosquito larvae and resting adults

ALT Ad for Summer 2023 Jobs at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign INHS Medical Entomology Lab Field & Lab Work on Mosquito & Tick Surveillance & Research Be a part of work funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health Collect mosquitoes & ticks using diverse field methods Work in a wide variety of habitats in Illinois Identify field-caught specimens Process samples for molecular pathogens detection Opportunities to help with ongoing experiments. More information at this link: https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/1237072024

ALT Image of a stable fly, dead in Holly Tuten’s hand, with a poem, “The Fly”, from the collection titled “Songs of Experience” by William Blake, written to the side that reads: Little fly, Thy summer’s play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away. Am not I A fly like thee? Or art not thou A man like me? For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath, And the want Of thought is death, Then am I A happy fly, If I live, Or if I die.