I have city kids make comic books to create a buzz about mosquitoes and ecology
Faculty News
06/30/2021
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Campers at the “Mosquitoes & Me” summer camp in Des Moines, Iowa, learn about mosquito science through hands-on outdoor activities. Katherine R. Bruna, CC BY-ND
![Two pages from a comic book.](https://images.theconversation.com/files/407268/original/file-20210618-22-8mtifw.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip)
![A young girl looks at a mosquito through a microscope.](https://images.theconversation.com/files/405708/original/file-20210610-13-13bfnsm.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=237&fit=clip)
![A young girl looks at a flask with larvae food in it.](https://images.theconversation.com/files/407068/original/file-20210617-17-budo36.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=1%2C0%2C796%2C850&q=45&auto=format&w=237&fit=clip)
![Pages from the 'Mosquitoes & Me' comic book.](https://images.theconversation.com/files/405727/original/file-20210610-13-10pvgs.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip)
![A page from a comic book where rats roam around a wasted world.](https://images.theconversation.com/files/405704/original/file-20210610-25-1fbhxif.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=237&fit=clip)
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