ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, April 13, 1997 TAG: 9704140005
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-14 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: bug.net
SOURCE: TIMOTHY P. MACK
If there ever was a natural pairing, the World Wide Web and insects are it!
Got a bug problem? We can help you. There are literally thousands of web sites for people interested in learning more about insects, including educational sites, problem solving sites, and just plan "Wow!" sites.
Want to hear a hissing cockroach right on your computer? Go to the "Yuckiest Site on the Web," and download the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach sounds. Check out the life of a cockroach while you are there. http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/index.html
Trouble with fleas? Fleas are really tough, and there are many sites out there on these survival specialists. This web site has a lot of information in a small space, so it is a good starting place. http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/
hyg-fact/2000/2081.html
Insects help solve crimes sometimes by helping indicate the time of death. Several crimes have been solved based on insect evidence that proved that the defendant had no alibi. To learn more about this interesting and grisly topic, try this forensic entomology site. http://www.uio.no/~mostarke/forens-ent/forensic-
entomology.html
If you are interested in butterfly gardens, check out this well-done site. It has photographs of many kinds of butterflies.
www.butterflies.com/garden.html
Several webpages have been produced by Virginia Tech scientists for you, our clientele. We have created one page to help you with general insect problems around the home.
http://www.ento.vt.edu/Facilities/OnCampus/
idlab/id/id-main.html
We have also created a gypsy moth page, which is very timely as gypsy moths are moving through our area. http://www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/Welcome.html
No list of sites would be complete without some reference to honeybees and all of the wonderful things that they do for us. Currently, honeybees are being decimated in Virginia by tracheal mites. This bee information site above can tell you about this nasty pest and how it may affect pollination of our food plants. http://198.22.133.109/
Enjoy your net surfing, and remember, "This bug's for you!"
You can reach Timothy P. Mack, a professor and head of Virginia Tech's Department of Entomology, through the Internet at tmackxc2vt.edu or write to him c/o The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg, Va. 24073.
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