The subjects of top posts on Entomology Today included distribution of tick-borne diseases in the U.S. (top left), giant honey bees in Thailand (top right), social patterns in honey bees for resisting Varroa mites (bottom left), and essential oils for managing urban insect pests (bottom right). (Photo credits: tick: Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org; bee swarm: Will Robinson, Ph.D.; honey bee: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab; cat flea: Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org)

We have come to the end of another year—the 10th year, in fact—of news and updates on insect research, commentary on matters in insect science, and perspectives on the entomological profession here at Entomology Today.

As is tradition for our final post of the calendar year, let’s take a look back at what ET readers found most interesting and engaging in 2022—plus what generated buzz in ESA’s social media channels and its family of journals.

We’ll be off for a couple weeks for the holidays and back to it in January. As always, thanks for reading. See you in 2023!

2022’s Top 10 Most Viewed Entomology Today Posts

(Among posts published in 2022)

New CDC Study Details County-Level Distribution of Seven Diseases Spread by Blacklegged Ticks

June 13, 2022

Essential Oils: An Untapped Resource for Managing Urban Insect Pests

July 14, 2022

Social Patterns That Resist Varroa Mite Seen in Honey Bees for First Time

February 24, 2022

Where Giant Honey Bees Rest Their Wings During Annual Migration

January 4, 2022

Small-Scale Beekeepers Earn More With Best Management Practices

December 7, 2022

New Study Finds Tick-Repelling Potential in Three Botanical Compounds

August 10, 2022

Keep on Ticking: Entomologist Tells of Ticks' 27-Year Lifespan

January 14, 2022

Black Fig Fly: A New Invasive Pest in California

May 19, 2022

Catch a Glimpse of Caterpillars During National Moth Week

July 21, 2022

A New, Colorful Way to Attract Pollinators to Crops

May 5, 2022

2022’s Top 5 “Evergreen” Entomology Today Posts

(Most views in 2022 for posts published in a previous year)

Mosquito Hawk? Skeeter Eater? Giant Mosquito? No, No, and No

August 17, 2015

When a Mosquito Can't Stop Drinking Blood, the Result Isn't Pretty

March 19, 2020

Ants Can Lift up to 5,000 Times Their own Body Weight

February 11, 2014

Insect Identification: Experts and Guides to ID That Bug You Found

July 3, 2018

How to Keep Honey Bees from Nesting in your Home

May 28, 2014

2022’s Top ESA Social Media Posts

(Most impressions for a post from ESA on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn in 2022)

NEWS: "Spongy moth" has been formally adopted as the new common name for the moth species Lymantria dispar in @EntsocAmerica's Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List. MORE: https://t.co/B3zWtIanh9 pic.twitter.com/AhgkJ6Y11H

— Entomological Society of America (@EntsocAmerica) March 2, 2022

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2022’s Top ESA Journal Article Altmetric Scores

(Highest scores on Altmetric as of December 19, 2022, for articles published in 2022 in the ESA family of journals)

	Mosquitoes Eating Mosquitoes: How Toxorhynchites amboinensis, Psorophora ciliata, and Sabethes cyaneus (Diptera: Culicidae) Capture Prey October 4, 2022, Annals of the Entomological Society of America
	No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Flies or Cockroaches in Households Where COVID-19 Positive Cases Resided May 30, 2022, Journal of Medical Entomology
	The Last Piece of the Puzzle? Phylogenetic Position and Natural History of the Monotypic Fungus-Farming Ant Genus Paramycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini) January 25, 2022, Insect Systematics and Diversity
	Ormyrus labotus (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae): Another Generalist That Should not be a Generalist is not a Generalist February 16, 2022, Insect Systematics and Diversity
	Community Science Reveals High Diversity of Nectaring Plants Visited by Painted Lady Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in California Sage Scrub September 30, 2022, Environmental Entomology