James Hanula
(en tə mä lə jist) A scientist who studies insects.
Southern Research Station
My favorite experience as a scientist was discovering a new species. I was working on Japanese beetles at the time and kept finding larvae infected with a fungus. Other people had seen the fungus in the past but didn’t realize it was a new species. When my co-worker and I looked at it closely (really closely) with an electron microscope, we found out it was a new genus and a new species of fungus. I had the chance to name them and describe both.
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USDA Forest Service: James Hanula
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