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      • Templates for better posters
      • Example of a bad scientific poster
      • Conference poster full of tips for creating conference posters
    • Giving science talks
    • Adding photo credits to talk slides
    • Writing science papers
    • Preventing plagiarism
  • Insect hotels
    • Mason bee hotel construction
    • Where to buy mason bee houses
    • Houdini fly alert for owners of bee hotels
    • The horrors of mass-produced bee houses
  • Mosquitoes
    • Tips for killing and repelling mosquitoes
    • Eliminate mosquitoes by eliminating stagnant water
    • Bti honeypot traps for killing mosquito larvae
    • Killing mosquitoes with autocidal gravid ovitraps
    • Indoor mosquito trap made from plastic soda bottle
    • Effects of mosquito sprays on humans, pets, and wildlife
    • 15 mosquito-control strategies and devices that don’t work
    • Yeast-and-sugar mosquito control devices
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    This is a blog with nature photography, biology-related projects, & geeky tips. All posts by Colin Purrington.

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