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About Eric R. Eaton
Expertise
I can answer most questions related to wasps, solitary bees, grasshoppers and katydids, beetles, cicadas, and spiders, and identification of "mystery bugs" in North America. No "what bit me?" or "what do I feed this bug in captivity?" questions please.

Experience
Principal author, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Professional entomologist employed previously at University of Massachusetts, Chase Studio, Inc., and Cincinnati Zoo; contract work for West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, Smithsonian Institution, and Portland (Oregon) State University.

Organizations
Entomological Society of America, National Association of Science Writers

Publications
Author, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, Missouri Conservationist magazine, Ranger Rick, Timeline (journal of the Ohio Historical Society). I have contributed to several books as well.

Education/Credentials
Oregon State University, undergraduate major in entomology, did not receive degree.

Past/Present Clients
Principal author of the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America, Smithsonian Institution (contract), Cincinnati Zoo (employer), Portland State University (contract), Chase Studio, Inc (employer), Arkansas Museum of Discovery (guest speaker). Currently seeking employment in a highly creative work environment with a media corporation or non-profit.

 
   

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Entomology (Study of Bugs) - chicken choker?



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Brandon wrote at 2009-03-20 03:40:32
I am from Dothan, Alabama. Born and raised.And i have also caught chicken chokers. I always used long strands of grass though. Kinda like fishing. Only instead of `using` a worm you were `catching` a worm. i never knew what they were either. I have always called them chicken chokers too. But every time i pull one out of the ground my friends freak out.


wolfgang wrote at 2009-04-07 17:59:11
I was told that they were called chicken chokers because as a chicken would eat them, they would pinch or ball up in a chickens throat cutting off there air, thus chicken chokers.




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