Entomology 101 - or Bugs for Thugs, as my professor called it - was the coolest elective I took in college. You could get extra credit for bringing in bugs to share with the class. I didn’t have a proper container, so I spent one class trying to contain an Emperor Scorpion in a Chinese food container and keep it from escaping. Good times.

I’ve only met one entomologist (by trade), in an airport in France and they were headed to a warhammer 40K tournament. We talked for maybe 4ish hours on the social complexity of ants.

This was roughly 10 years ago, still an awesome memory.