No, the Micrognome hasn’t got his etymology confused with his entomology. Here is a treasure chest of names for pesky little flying things that annoy, bite and infect you with a variety of nasties.
Trapped! Hitting the traps for NSW 2012
The Lab Without Walls roadshow team hit their staps, and get the show rolling in Broome with an outdoor demonstration of their lab in a suitcase.
Around the traps
Lab Without Walls digs the red dirt collecting mosquito traps and testing for arboviruses in the Kimberley
Hard bitten
Ross River virus infection makes its presence felt in mosquito-bitten population of southwestern Australia