Tag: Rebecca Baldwin

Insects: A Halloween Treat for Trying

by Stella Canfield
October 26, 2022

Trick or treat, and take your pick: a chocolate-covered cricket or a waxworm caterpillar? Even though Halloween is a time to eat candy, it’s also an opportunity to try creepy crawlers like crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms. Rebecca ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Department Of Entomology And Nematology, Entomophagy, Insects, Rebecca Baldwin

Want to adopt an insect? Any critter is possible on National Pet Day

by Brad Buck
April 9, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For some, the thought of a tarantula makes their skin crawl. Not Keara Clancy. The more exotic the critter, the more she embraces it. From the time she was about 5, Clancy recalls collecting millipedes as pets at her school ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Entomology And Nematology, Insects As Pets, Keara Clancy, National Pet Day, News, Rebecca Baldwin

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