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Foster wouldn't hurt a fly — or a tick, like this one. Though he concedes that cockroaches are "creepy."
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emerging zoonotic or vector-borne
(those passed from animals to people)
diseases in the state. Whether the dis-
ease is a potential threat or, more like-
ly, just a case or two in a defined area
(as with the black-legged tick), Foster
is there to educate.
"My overriding drive is to help peo-
ple not get ill from these preventable
diseases," he says. This may mean
speaking to public groups or answering
any number of daily inquiries, often of
the "I've got a headache. Do you think
I have Ebola?" variety.
Foster's specialty is arthropods,
specifically those that affect human
health. Among the creatures in the
arthropod family are mosquitoes, ticks
and cockroaches. Even Foster admits
the latter belong in the "creepy" cate-
gory, but he watches them because
they shed, which means they can cause
severe problems for those with certain
allergies or asthma.
Foster, who describes himself as "a
total bug nerd," struggles when asked
to name a favorite.
"They're all interesting," he says,
pausing. "Well," he finally concedes,
"one of my all-time favorites is still the
honeybee." He cites the bee's vital
role in pollinating crops. "Without the
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honeybee," he says, "a lot of food sim-
ply wouldn't grow."
He also appreciates the bees' social
structure. "It's interesting among
insects, because they're one of the few,
along with termites and ants, that has a
social colony. Most insects live by an
individual struggle for survival, but the
honeybee is altruistic.
"It goes into the hive and starts
dancing around to tell the other bees,
`There's a great food source over there'
and tells exactly where it is. It could
even be miles away, and they'll all go
out and bring it back to the hive."
What Foster does not enjoy when it
comes to bugs: sending them to that
great, big bughouse in the sky.
"Except for centipedes," he says.
"I don't mind killing these — or mos-
quitoes and flies."
He would kill other bugs for his
wife, Kristin, whom he met at EMU,
and his two children — but that's
about it.
"'When I was in school, I had to
make a collection of bugs for study
and, to get them, of course, I had to ...
his voice trails. He did it then, but the
more time passes, he says, "I really
have a hard time killing them any-
more." ❑
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