The Entomology Department at Virginia Tech has begun compiling a collection of video clips which we hope will be useful for teaching purposes. Currently our collection illustrates different behaviors of insects performing two functions, feeding and life stage development. We also have clips of a roach dissection, a bee sting, and grooming behavior of pesticide-treated cockroaches. All video clips are in the Quicktime movie format.

A worker Honey Bee stinging a person's arm. The stinger penetrates the skin, at which point the bee expels the poison sack. Muscles from the sack pump poison through the stinger and into the skin. 320 x 240, 1 MB

Close-up view of the stinger and poison sack. The muscles of the sack continue to pump poison through the stinger. 320 x 240, 693K