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You might think that an entomologist's favorite mini-beast is the one that he/she works on, but you might surprised! The majority of entomologists interviewed here mentioned an organism that they did not work on for their research. The world is simply full of too many interesting things to examine and too little time in which to do it! Two non-entomologist conference attendees were also asked the question and even they had favorites. Arthropod power! Video by Derek A. Woller, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Song Lab of Insect Systematics and Evolution at the University of Central Florida.

Stephanie E. Dold, a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, won the Joseph H. Camin Fellowship, and she was also a member of the championship Linnaean Games team. Here she is interviewed by Gaurav Goyal outside of the Student Mixer at the ESA Annual Meeting, December 2009.

Esther Ngumbi, a PhD student at Auburn University, is interviewed by Rosie Gill about ESA Annual Meetings, and how she got interested in entomology.

This video features Wendy Johnson, a graduate student at Kansas State University, interviewing Lieutenant Thomas Tucker about opportunities for entomologists in the United States Army. The interview took place at the ESA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, December 2009.

This video by Ryan Perry, a student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, spoofs the Clint Eastwood movie using Citrus Leaf Miner and one of its parasitoids.

The 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America was held December 13, 2009 in Indianapolis. More than 2,600 entomologists from around the world met to present research and to meet other scientists. This video contains footage from the Student Reception, which took place right after the Linnaean Games and the Student Awards Ceremony.

Alida Mercado Cardenas, a PhD student at McGill University & the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, interviews J. E. McPherson, a professor of entomology at Southern Illinois University. Dr. McPherson served as ESA President in 2002, and has been very active in other capacities, especially as a judge at the Linnaean Games.

Dr. Hassan Y. Al-Ayied, an entomologist with the King Abdulaziz City for Science/Tec. (KACST) in Saudi Arabia, is Interviewed by Gaurav Goyal, an entomology student at the University of Florida.

Harsimran Gill, a graduate research associate at the University of Florida, presents her poster at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 2009.

Grey Gustafson, a graduate student at the University of Kansas, talks about his poster presentation, "Revision of Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Guyanobius Spangler (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Chaetarthriini)," at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Indianapolis, Indiana (December, 2009).

Christa Fettig, a PhD student at Colorado State University, talks about her experiences at the 57th ESA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana (December, 2009).

Gaurav Goyal, a graduate research assistant at the University of Florida, interviews Dr. Fangneng Huang, of Louisiana State University at the ESA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2009.

This video features exerpts from various rounds of the ESA Southwestern Branch's Linnaean Games, held in Cancun, Mexico in April, 2010.

Dr. Phil Mulder of Oklahoma State University talks about the Linnaean Games, a lively question-and-answer, college bowl-style competition on entomological facts played between university-sponsored student teams at ESA Annual Meetings.

Jennifer Gordon, a student at Louisiana State University, interviews Dr. James, Cilek, BCE of Florida A&M University. Dr. Cilek, a former Director of the ESA Certification Board, talks about what it means to be a certified entomologist and how to go about becoming one. For more information about the ESA Certification Corporation Programs, visit http://www.entocert.org.

Dr. Amit Sethi, a postdoctoral researcher at Louisiana State University, presents his poster on subterranean termites at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (December, 2009).

Dr. Luis A. Canas and Dr. Marianne Alleyne were Co-Chairs of the ESA Student Competition at Entomology 2012, the 60th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America ( http://www.entsoc.org). In this video they talk about the competition and about their roles as Program Co-Chairs for Entomology 2013 in Austin, Texas in November, 2013.

Philip Morton interviews Alexzandra Murphy, winner of the Entomological Foundation's Kenneth & Barbara Starks Plant Resistance to Insects Graduate Student Research Award. Murphy is a graduate student at Purdeu University. The interview took place at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Indianapolis, Indiana.