I knew Entomology is the study on insects, and after reading the Wikipedia article, ‘Entomology’ I realised the scope of insects and other animals to study, but what I have only just realised is the specialisations there are:
- Apiology (or melittology) – bees
- Coleopterology – beetles
- Dipterology – flies
- Heteropterology – true bugs
- Lepidopterology – moths and butterflies
- Myrmecology – ants
- Orthopterology – grasshoppers, crickets, etc.
- Trichopterology – caddis flies
That is just the order of insects, there are also sub-disciplines:
- Forensic Entomology – the study of insects in legal investigations
- Insect Pathology – the study of disease and its causative organisms in insects
- Urban Entomology – the study of insects and mites that affect people and their property
- Medical Entomology – the study of insects that impact human health
- Veterinary Entomology – the study of insects that attack livestock
Don’t forget palaeoentomology: a dynamic but often overlooked branch of entomology concerned with the study of fossil insects and their bearing on insect evolution.