イグノーベル賞 昆虫学部門 受賞者一覧
イグノーベル賞の昆虫学部門では、2021年「潜水艦におけるゴキブリ駆除の新手法」、2020年「昆虫学者の多くがクモを怖がっているという証拠」、1997年「車につく虫の跡から種類を特定する図鑑」などを扱っています。
受賞研究
潜水艦におけるゴキブリ駆除の新手法
: John Mulrennan, Jr., Roger Grothaus, Charles Hammond, and Jay Lamdin, for their research study “A New Method of Cockroach Control on Submarines”. REFERENCE: “A New Method of Cockroach Control on Submarines,” John A. Mulrennan, Jr., Roger H. Grothaus, Charles L. Hammond, and Jay M. Lamdin, Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 64, no. 5, October 1971, pp. 1196-8. WHO TOOK PART IN THE CEREMONY: John Mulrennan, Jr.
- 受賞者
- : John Mulrennan, Jr., Roger Grothaus, Charles Hammond, and Jay Lamdin
昆虫学者の多くがクモを怖がっているという証拠
Richard Vetter, for collecting evidence that many entomologists (scientists who study insects) are afraid of spiders, which are not insects. REFERENCE: “Arachnophobic Entomologists: When Two More Legs Makes a Big Difference,” Richard S. Vetter, American Entomologist, vol. 59, no. 3, 2013, pp. 168-175. WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CEREMONY: Richard Vetter
- 受賞者
- Richard Vetter
車につく虫の跡から種類を特定する図鑑
Mark Hostetler of the University of Florida, for his scholarly book, “That Gunk on Your Car,” which identifies the insect splats that appear on automobile windows. [The book is published by Ten Speed Press.]
- 受賞者
- Mark Hostetler of the University of Florida
猫の耳ダニを自分の耳に入れて観察した実験
Robert A. Lopez of Westport, NY, valiant veterinarian and friend of all creatures great and small, for his series of experiments in obtaining ear mites from cats, inserting them into his own ear, and carefully observing and analyzing the results. [Published as “Of Mites and Man,” The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 203, no. 5, Sept. 1, 1993, pp. 606-7.]
- 受賞者
- Robert A. Lopez of Westport, NY, valiant veterinarian and friend of all creatures great and small