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BY JUSTIN SPEARS @justinEsports

Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 – Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016 VOLUME 110 ISSUE 12

ARTS & LIFE | PAGE A10 NICK SMALLWOOD/THE DAILY WILDCAT

A HERCULES BEETLE RESTS in the hands of a visitor during the 2016 Arizona Insect Festival on Sunday, Sept. 18. The Hercules beetle was among one of the top attractions at this-year’s event.

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SPORTS | PAGE A14 Dawkins has career night, stakes claim to starting quarterback job

Bugging out at the 2016 Arizona Insect Festival BY MARISSA HEFFERNAN @_mheffernan

The 2016 Arizona Insect Festival allowed patrons to meet, greet and even eat some of Arizona’s native insect species this past Sunday in the Student Union Memorial Center Grand Ballroom. Hosted by the Department of Entomology, the festival featured not only UA scientists, but as well as many community groups including the National Park Service and the Southeast Arizona

Butterfly Association. This year, participants had the opportunity to sample mealworm-andonion nachos, hold a hissing cockroach or a more docile caterpillar and learn all about the wide variety of insects that share Tucson’s desert ecosystem. UA graduate student Angela Hoover has been volunteering at the festival for three years and said the interactive booths are a huge draw. “Everyone wants to come and see and touch,” Hoover said.

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While the booth Hoover volunteered at this year didn’t allow any handling of the insects—that particular booth’s bombardier beetles mix foul-smelling chemicals in their abdomens to shoot when startled—she said kids were definitely still interested, mostly because of the smell. John Palting, an entomology PhD. candidate, agreed that kids tended to like anything they could touch or anything too gross to touch, as he handed out caterpillars

CREEPY CRAWLIES, A3

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In the aftermath of the Orlando Bradford domestic violence arrest, the biggest concern for the Arizona Wildcats was who was going to provide insurance for Nick Wilson. After the Wildcats handedly beat the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 47-28 Saturday behind running back J.J. Taylor’s 168-yard rushing performance on 18 carries, the freshman may have solidified his role as a key component to the offense. Taylor allowed the game to come to him and shined in the second half. “It was fun. It was a lot of fun actually,” Taylor said. Playing a team like Hawaii isn’t the most effective way of evaluating Taylor’s performance, considering the Warriors are ranked No. 126 in the country in total defense. For an even more eye-opening statistic, Hawaii is the worst school defensively in giving up total points over the course of four games, with 150 points allowed. Hawaii’s defense was suspect again, but Saturday’s game was about Taylor receiving more exposure than just a thirddown back. An extra body in the running rotation turned into the tailback that head coach Rich Rodriguez leaned on for most of the game after Wilson left with a left leg injury in the first quarter. Rodriguez wasn’t stunned with Taylor’s efforts because the game plan never altered. “[I’m] not surprised at all and we were going to run it a lot anyway,” Rodriguez said. “When Nick was hurt, obviously [Taylor] was the guy and he’s a tough, competitive player.” Taylor has a high ceiling compared to some of the other notable backs Rodriguez has coached. In their debut

J.J. TAYLOR, A16

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